Groups Demanding That ACTA Negotiations Be Made Public
17th September 2008
We’ve been asking for months why the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty is being negotiated in near total secrecy, allowing the entertainment industry to effectively rewrite international copyright law in substantial ways with almost no legislative review. Basically, various trade representatives, together with industry insiders, have been crafting ACTA to their own liking, with a plan to push it through for approval, claiming it’s a trade agreement that shouldn’t involve any legislative overview. It’s an incredibly one-sided affair, from what’s been leaked so far, and would substantially change copyright law around the globe in favor of protecting the entertainment industry’s business model.
But, of course, what we need is more government regulation. That has really worked so well for us in the past.