Senators Begin Questioning ACTA Secrecy

Courtesy Techdirt  Mon, 11/23/2009 - 22:25

Despite some sweet talk from Hollywood about how important ACTA and its secret negotiations are to America (and, once again, no, the secrecy is not at all "normal," as some industry lawyers would have you believe), it looks like some Senators are finally beginning to question how ACTA is being handled.

Senators Bernie Sanders and Sherrod Brown have sent a letter to US Trade Rep Ron Kirk asking for ACTA documents to be made public .

The...


 

More related items

No, ACTA Secrecy Is Not 'Normal' -- Nor Is It A...
Over the last few weeks people who are actually concerned about individual rights have done a decent job sounding the alarm about the problems with what little we've seen of the ACTA...

We See Your 'Copyright Contributes $1.5 Trillion' And...
The copyright industry lobbyists absolutely love to throw around the bogus and debunked stat that copyright contributes $1.52 trillion to the economy. That number is derived by taking any...

Newspaper Industry Lawyers Attack Fair Use, Claim...
Hmm. So, on Monday Rupert Murdoch suggests that the courts would reject fair use as a concept, and by Friday two newspaper industry lawyers just happen to have an op-ed piece in the Wall...

SanDisk SDMSM2-008G-A11M 8GB M2 Memory Stick Micro...
The Memory Stick Micro (M2) is approximately one-third the size of the existing Memory Stick PRO Duo. The Memory Stick M2 continues the Memory Stick PRO Duo legacy by supporting full...

Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless...
The sleek Simultaneous Dual-N Band WRT610N Router sets a new standard for design, expanded bandwidth, and robust performance. It's the ideal router for all your current and future digital...


 

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
computer-internet.marc8.com