Current ACTA drafts ban DRM interoperability laws

It’s not just bloggers who are upset about both the content and secrecy surrounding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA); the Swedish government is displeased, the European Union has concerns, and 1,700 European ISPs have now expressed their opposition to the process. While the worst fears of the ACTA worriers have yet to be realized, there’s still plenty of opposition to a secretive treaty that attempts to push the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) on the rest of the world. The US drafted the section of ACTA dealing with Internet copyright infringement and recently unveiled it to negotiating partners

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Monday, November 30th, 2009 P2P News

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