Tag archive for ‘backroom politics’
Copyright law wishlist would grant unprecedented, sweeping powers
The leaked “wishlist” that the Recording Industry Asssociation of America submitted to the US government urges mandatory ISP filtering, and would hold Internet service providers responsible for what their customers download. This copyright act is being drafted behind closed doors, so leaked documents are the only rays of sunlight in the process. Read the recording industry’s wish list…
Secret copyright treaty memo leaked
Cory Doctorow writes:
Wikileaks has the full text of a memo concerning the dread Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a draft treaty that does away with those pesky public trade-negotiations at the United Nations (with participation from citizens’ groups and public interest groups) in favor of secret, closed-door meetings where entertainment industry giants get to give marching orders [...]
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