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Intellectual Property, Trade

Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:29 PM

President Obama Thursday reiterated his administration's commitment to enacting the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, aimed at curbing global piracy, despite a vote by the European Parliament this week calling for greater transparency in the deal's negotiations.

During remarks at the Export-Import Bank's annual conference, the president discussed the need to "aggressively protect" U.S. intellectual property.

"There's nothing wrong with other people using our technologies, we welcome it -- we just want to make sure that it's licensed, and that American businesses are getting paid appropriately," Obama said. "That's why [the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative] is using the full arsenal of tools available to crack down on practices that blatantly harm our businesses, and that includes negotiating proper protections and enforcing our existing agreements, and moving forward on new agreements, including the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement."

Mark Esper, executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global IP Center, applauded the president for highlighting the importance of IP protection "as well as singling out the need for a strong Anti-Counterfeiting and Trade Agreement that will raise the bar on enforcement standards and improve cooperation between nearly forty countries."

But the ACTA negotiations have been criticized by public interest groups and some lawmakers for lacking transparency. They have pointed in particular to the fact that a public draft of the agreement has not been released.

By an overwhelming 663-13 vote, the European Parliament passed a resolution Wednesday calling for the European Commission, the European Union's regulatory arm, to release a public draft of the agreement. Public Knowledge President Gigi Sohn said in a statement the parliament's "vote is yet another reminder that ACTA, both in process and in substance, is fatally flawed." On the substance, she noted that some of the leaked documents related to ACTA have shown it appears "to be treading heavily on the rights of Internet users here and abroad."

USTR has said while it supports a transparent process, it must keep some details of the proposed agreement private in order to allow the negotiating parties to engage in a frank exchange of views.

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

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I don't understand the reasoning behind this ACTA thing.  I understand that Obama is trying to keep businesses safe from piracy, but in a way he is violating our privacy.  I am a cheap auto insurance sales representative and I don't want my privacy on my computer or any of my clients' privacies to be violated either. 

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Friday, March 12, 2010

After reading through the leaked documents I realized something very interesting. ACTA has secondary liability buried in it. Secondary liability is where a parent is held responsible for their childs actions, or in the case the ISPs are held responsible for the actions of their subscribers. ACTA has Three strikes built into it. You are accused three times of file sharing you loose your internet access. ACTA has the potential for criminal liabilities for what in now infringement. 

In china they have secondary liability which is how they control the internet. The control they have is done by having the rules vague and making the ISPs guess at what should be restricted. This leads to many things of a controversial nature being removed out of fear. In South Korea they have implemented this also which has lead to a marked decrease in new services available on line, and the removal of old services out of fear of lawsuit.

The copyright clause of the constitution reads "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."  This extension of Patent and copyright law doesnt accomplish this it does the opposite.

Is this where we want to go in this nation? Do we want people to be held reponsible for the actions of others? Do we want people to be guilty until proven innocent? Do we want people getting kicked off line based on accusations and not due process? Do we want ISPs to monitor our every move and action online with out a warrant, searching for infringing material on behalf of corporations?

This is ACTA. This is your future.

Erik Josefsson

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Please find the Parliament's Resolution here:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA-2010-0058+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN

The call to limit ACTA to counterfeiting is particularly interesting:

"9.  Calls on the Commission to continue the negotiations on ACTA and limit them to the existing European IPR enforcement system against counterfeiting;"

 

 

 

Anders Andersson

Thursday, March 11, 2010

While the point about withholding the positions of the parties in an ongoing negotiation is at least partly understandable, how come a FOIA request for those documents is denied on the grounds of national security? Is this a routine classification used for all negotiation rounds with foreign partners, or is it motivated by the sensitive nature of this particular negotiation? Does the White House actually say that the global harmonization of the legal protections offered to the Mickey Mouse character is a national security issue? Seriously?

I can see the advantages of certain business monopolies to protect long-term investments in innovation and the creative industries, but every such monopoly comes with a price, and whenever that price tag is rewritten, we need to reevaluate the deal and consider whether the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages.

As an example, I have no objection against letting one vendor obtain an exclusive trademark for his products and prohibit competitors from selling low-grade stuff under the same name, but that is already dealt with under existing laws. When I learn from ACTA leaks that trademark owners also want customs to search the personal property of individual tourists for counterfeit items even as they are not meant for sale, my reaction certainly won't be to avoid buying counterfeits, but to avoid trademarked stuff altogether. And I hardly even travel abroad myself; I'd still boycott the stuff in support of those who may suffer from such treatment! Trademarks should primarily benefit the consumer, not the producer, and punishing consumers for disregarding that benefit won't go down well with the general public.

Then I hear some businesses even want to search my laptop and my mobile phone for unauthorized music? This isn't going to be in the final agreement if there ever will be one; the European Parliament has already declared it will veto any deal going beyond the initial target of ACTA, counterfeiting and trademark infringement. That still makes me want to shun any corporation that has had a part in this, merely because they allowed those proposals to be made. I can understand they want to keep secret exactly who made what proposal, but that doesn't help - unless they reject ACTA altogether, I won't do business with them. Then who will remain to benefit from the agreement?

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