Anti-Counterfeiting

As protests against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ACTA sweep across Europe, two conclusions are possible: the era of closed-door IP policy is over; and the content industry's insatiable quest for more power and control is no longer irresistible.

Edward J. Black: Keeping SOPA Measures Out of Trade Agreements ACTA, TPP Edward J. Black 2012

In light of the demonstrations, countries including Germany, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Latvia, and Poland are saying they will no longer ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which was negotiated under the Bush administration, finalized under Obama's and signed by numerous nations -- including the United States, in October.

Edward J. Black: Keeping SOPA Measures Out of Trade Agreements ACTA, TPP Edward J. Black 2012

Last fall, 37 countries, together accounting for more than half of world trade, worked out the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement known as ACTA, which commits its signatories to criminalize end-user software piracy.

Robert Holleyman: Keeping Strong IPR at the Top of the Trans-Pacific Trade Agenda Robert Holleyman 2011

Last fall, 37 countries, together accounting for more than half of world trade, worked out the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement known as ACTA, which commits its signatories to criminalize end-user software piracy.

Robert Holleyman: Keeping Strong IPR at the Top of the Trans-Pacific Trade Agenda Robert Holleyman 2011

Last fall, 37 countries, together accounting for more than half of world trade, worked out the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement known as ACTA, which commits its signatories to criminalize end-user software piracy.

Robert Holleyman: Keeping Strong IPR at the Top of the Trans-Pacific Trade Agenda Robert Holleyman 2011

A worldwide coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations, consumers unions and online service providers associations publish an open letter to the European institutions regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) currently under negotiation.

Boing Boing 2009

Rishab sez, Knowledge Ecology International is organising a petition to President Obama to make the US position in negotiations on the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement transparent to the public.

Boing Boing 2009

Read this account of James Love's conversation with Ambassador Ron Kirk, the head US Trade Representative, on the question of why the Draconian Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is taking place in secret.

Boing Boing 2009

Michael Geist writes, The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is generating growing concern as many people learn about the secret copyright treaty for the first time.

Boing Boing 2009

Last fall, 37 countries, together accounting for more than half of world trade, worked out the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement known as ACTA, which commits its signatories to criminalize end-user software piracy.

Robert Holleyman: Keeping Strong IPR at the Top of the Trans-Pacific Trade Agenda Robert Holleyman 2011