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FILTER RESULTS ►Anti-Counterfeiting ACTA Bill Referred to Industry Committee
Bill C-56, the anti-counterfeiting bill that opens the door the Canadian implementation of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, has been referred to the Industry Committee for review. The government imposed ime allocation on the bill to move it to committee. Show More Summary
Canadian ACTA Compliance Bill Inches Forward
Earlier this year, Industry Minister Christian Paradis introduced a bill aimed at ensuring that Canada complies with the discredited Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The bill raises a host of concerns including granting border guards increased powers without court oversight or review. Show More Summary
U.S. Seeks to Revive ACTA Without European Support
The Canadian introduction of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement compliance legislation on Friday appears to have come in direct response to a new U.S.-led effort to revive the discredited treaty. When the European Parliament overwhelmingly voted to reject ACTA last July, many declared it dead. Show More Summary
Here Comes ACTA: Canadian Government Introduces Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Compliance Bill
The Canadian government today introduced a bill aimed at ensuring the Canada complies with the widely discredited Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Despite the European Union's total rejection of ACTA along with assurances that ACTA...Show More Summary
ACTA: The Ethical Analysis of a Failure and Its Lessons
Luciano Floridi, the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics at the University of Hertfordshire, has written a helpful analysis of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and its failure.
Dutch Government Says No CETA With ACTA Provisions
The Dutch government has confirmed hat it will not sign a Canada - EU Trade Agreement that includes provisions found in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
Will ACTA Ever Become a Valid Treaty?
IP Watch considers whether the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement has the necessary support to obtain six ratifications to take effect. Thus far, only Japan has ratified the agreement.
Reports Indicate Japan Ratifies ACTA
Reports indicate hat Japan has ratified the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Japan had positioned itself as a leading proponent of the treaty, hosting the final round of negotiations and the official signing a year later.
The Biggest Threat to Free Speech and Intellectual Property That You’ve Never Heard Of
As we have seen in the failed attempts of SOPA/PIPA, and the floundering Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, intellectual property (“IP”) laws are often poorly constructed, hastily proposed and ultimately both ineffective and potentially...Show More Summary
Trying to understand the secretive son-of-ACTA EU/Canada trade agreement
Michael Geist sez, Last week's revelations that the Canada - EU Trade Agreement's intellectual property chapter draws heavily from the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement sparked widespread media coverage across Europe. After initially...Show More Summary
Why the European Commission's Assurances on ACTA & CETA Don't Add Up
Last week's revelations hat the Canada - EU Trade Agreement's intellectual property chapter draws heavily from the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement sparked widespread media coverage across Europe (initial post with links to coverage, more here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). Show More Summary
ACTA Provisions Reach from the Grave in CETA (But Don’t Panic Yet)
It seems that the rejection of ACTA, Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement by the European Parliament has not discouraged the EU anyways, and this is why the European Union is putting up efforts to push yet another anti piracy agreement, called CETA. Show More Summary
Mexico Signs ACTA Amid Speculation It Was Price of TPP Admission
Despite a Mexican Senate recommendation not to do so, Mexico unexpectedly signed he Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement yesterday. There is some speculation that signing the agreement was a U.S. condition for joining the Trans Pacific Partnership talks. The Mexican Senate must still ratify the agreement for it to take effect.
The Inclusion of ACTA Within CETA: Why The Concern Is Warranted
My post yesterday on how the EU plans to use the Canada - EU Trade Agreement (CETA) as a backdoor mechanism to implement the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) provisions has attracted considerable attention with coverage from...Show More Summary
ACTA Officially Rejected By Landslide EU Vote
ACTA, or the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement was a vile piece of digital dictatorship jotted down into the form of a bill. The thing basically allowed Governments to control the spread of information, as detailed in our original article. Back in May it was mentioned that ACTA was "effectively dead", but today you can consider it "effectively buried.
ACTA Dies but Intellectual Property Issues Remain for Online Business
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is dead, but intellectual property issues online remain. Businesses owners whose companies rely upon content may understand the importance of safeguarding the material they create, however some argue that Internet freedom is at stake. Show More Summary
Just a Touch of Euronews…
EUROPE – (BBC) The European Parliament has voted to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The proposed agreement sought to curb piracy, but Internet campaigners said it posed a threat to online freedoms. The rejection...Show More Summary
Morning Docket: 07.05.12
Who needs a Declaration of Internet Freedom when the government supports protesting citizens who go buckwild in the streets? The European Union voted against ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. [Associated Press]
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European Union Kills Global Anti-Piracy Accord
The European Parliament on Wednesday declared its independence from a global anti-piracy accord, rejecting the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The vote, 478-39, means the deal won’t come into affect in European Union-member nations, and effectively means the global accord is dead. Its fate was also uncertain in the United States. Despite signing its intent to honor [...]
Euro Parliament kills ACTA treaty before court can look at it
As widely expected, the hapless Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty has been rejected by the European Parliament. European MPs wanted to push through a vote before the European Court of Justice had ruled on whether ACTA is compatible with European Treaties - and succeeded. Show More Summary
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