
ACTA and SOPA have put Internet copyright into the mainstream news agenda. The Copyright Enforcement Enigma introduces you to this topic. It explains the history of copyright sanctions. It puts 3-strikes and blocking policies into context. And it unravels the strange story of how it all got mixed up in the Telecoms Package and Amendment 138. When you finish it, you will understand why the ISPs and fundamental rights are under attack! Click here to get it!
EU Commission on ACTA – ‘There is no Treaty’
by Drew Wilson
23 February 2010
IPTegrity is reporting that the European Commission is currently trying to avoid serious questions about transparency regarding the elusive treaty. When asked about whether European Parliamentarians will be able to have access to the text of ACTA, there was quite a remarkable answer: “we are being asked about things which do not exist yet. There is no Treaty. We cannot give what does not exist”