"ACTA" news, interviews, and features

News about ACTA

• Australia Government welcomes ACTA deal

  But opponents claim the deal will boost leave users behind and elevate rights holders

• EU parliamentarians criticize anti-counterfeiting deal

  An EU commissioner says the talks are 'disappointing'

• Secret copyright treaty draft leaked after Washington talks

  These are our principles, and if you don't like them ... well, we may have others, says new preamble to ACTA treaty

• International anti-counterfeiting talks hit snags says EU

  Both Parliament and the Commission have concerns about ACTA

• US copyright official discounts ACTA concerns

  The trade agreement doesn't go beyond existing US law, the copyright policy counsel says

• Counterfeiting treaty, now public, confirms critics' fears

  The formerly secret ACTA text is slammed as "copyright law on steroids"

Features about ACTA

• ACTA: No longer secret but still plenty to worry about

  The secrecy did not do the process any good