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TPP’s Copyright Limitations And Exceptions Leaked

It is said that when a door closes (in this case, the defeat of ACTA in the European Parliament), a window opens. Such a window is represented by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). A...

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Monday, August 6th, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

Mexico Signs onto ACTA

After numerous set-backs, the European Commission rejecting ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) and other countries backing away as a result, it seemed like it was a slam dunk that no country would ever even...

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Friday, July 13th, 2012 Net News No Comments

CETA Intellectual Property Chapter Leaks for All to See

ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) may have died in Europe for now, but CETA (Comprehensive Economic and trade Agreement) is still alive and well. Now, text of the Intellectual Property chapter has leaked and...

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Tuesday, July 10th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Assange Loses Appeal, But Granted Stay to Apply to Re-Open Case on Technicality

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is driven away in a taxi after leaving his hearing at the Supreme Court in London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Sweden's public prosecutor was right to demand the return...

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Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Sen. Wyden demands vote on American copyright, patent treaties

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) is a long-time opponent of the secretly negotiated Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Today he introduced an amendment to a Senate "jobs bill" that would force ACTA to come before...

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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 Net News No Comments

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