-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tim Hwang wrote: > This one is huge -- I think it's totally interesting that this shift > is about to go down esp. with regards to rights holders being able to > access huge personal information about people labeled infringers. > Ringo, any place where we could find out more information about this? > > Thirded on the blind forward policy though -- in the very least, it > seems to miss out on a great opportunity for the poster to spark some > discussion/proposals for action. > > Best, > Tim > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Frank Tobia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yeah I totally agree with Fred on this one. Having to parse through an >> entire blind forward is kind of annoying when the sender should be >> explaining relevance. We should be keeping this list's signal-to-noise >> ratio as high as possible, and most importantly, each subscriber should be >> able to easily determine which is which (for him or her). >> >> Also blind forwards probably violate at least one of the proposed >> guidelines. Just throwing that out there. >> >> -Frank >> >> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Fred Benenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> Alright, I'm going to propose no more "blind" forwards to this list. >>> >>> I think I understand what is going on here because I've heard about this >>> stuff on Wikileaks before, but most people are going to be confused by the >>> subject line mixed with PGP signature (good to know its you and not someone >>> else forwarding something you didn't write!). >>> >>> So please, next time, just spend 10 seconds explaining why you think your >>> forward is relevant to this list. We're going for quality, not quantity. >>> >>> best, >>> >>> Fred >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Ringo Kamens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [WL-News] ACTA trade agreement brief for July 29-31 > Washington DC > Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00:53 +0100 (BST) > From: Wikileaks Press Office <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WIKILEAKS URGENT DOCUMENT RELEASE > Tue Jul 29 10:53:25 BST 2008 > > ACTA trade agreement industry negotiating brief on Border Measures and > Civil Enforcement > > The ACTA negotiations are scheduled for 29 to 31 July 2008 in Washington > DC. > > In 2007 a select handful of the wealthiest countries began a > treaty-making process to create a new global standard for copyright, > trademark and patent enforcement, which was called, in a piece of > brilliant marketing, the "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement". > > ACTA is spearheaded by the United States, and includes the European > Commission, Japan, and Switzerland -- which have large copyright and > patent industries. Other countries invited to participate in ACTA's > negotiation process are Canada, Australia, Korea, Mexico and New > Zealand. Noticeably absent from ACTA's negotiations are leaders from > developing countries who hold national policy priorities that differ > from the international copyright and patent industry. > > This document is the ACTA negotiating brief dated July 29, 2008, > provided by the copyright/patent/trademark industry to negotiating > countries; pages concerning customs enforcement and civil enforcement. > > Under customs enforcement for example it proposes: > > * Increased inspection of goods to detect potential shipments > * Customs to provide rights holders all relevant information for the > purposes of their own private investigations and court action they are > to be given a minimum of 20 working days to commence such actions. > * Seized counterfeit goods are to be destroyed or disposed at the > rights holders pleasure. Removing a trademark will not cut it. > * Under civil enforcement rights holders will have more say on the > damages involved as well as more compensation to cover their legal > enforcement costs including "reasonable attorney's fees";. > * Rights holders to get the right to obtain information regarding an > infringer, their identities, means of production or distribution and > relevant third parties. > > The exact composition of the business "side" is not known, which > reflects the lack of transparency afflicting the ACTA process. Whether > trade representatives can be forced to reveal the make-up to the press > or policy groups remains to be seen. > > See http://wikileaks.org/wiki/S4 > _______________________________________________ > News mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.wikileaks.org/mailman/listinfo/news > http://wikileaks.be/wiki/Contact > _______________________________________________ > Volunteers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.wikileaks.org/mailman/listinfo/volunteers > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
I know that the EFF has made a few statements on it but aside from that I don't know where you can get more info. The whole thing has been kept fairy quiet by the powers that be. EFF Action Page: https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?JServSessionIdr010=9gkflm4hz1.app2a&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=383 EFF's Comments: http://www.eff.org/issues/acta/acta-submission-032108.pdf US GOV Provided Fact Sheet: http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Document_Library/Reports_Publications/2007/asset_upload_file122_13414.pdf Related Blog Post: http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=1071 CRK -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIkkndmBTzXUpNYqQRAqxDAKDLhByNkAV0VFW/0VLGI0pMPQmhegCg0c+N 9xd0y0w4b+ID+gCWrXy62Zo= =qssK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
