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Report - ACTA Stalled Amid War Between Australian ISPs and Copyright Industry

By DrewWilson

While on the surface, it appears to be a standard report on the ISPs refusing to comply with the idea of being the copyright police, a section of a very interesting report suggests that the ACTA negotiations have been stalled. It may be an old story being repeated over and over again in Australia, but a report from the report from the Courier Mail in Australia reiterates an issue that has been going on for months. However, the report reveals something else that may be seen for anti-ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) organizations and activists as quite an achievement - insiders of ACTA are suggesting that ACTA has been delayed as a direct result of world-wide opposition. It first details the tension between the Australian Internet Service Providers and the copyright industry. Australian ISPs openly refuse to just cave to demands of a separate industry that claims to be facing significant losses (contrary to numerous studies that suggest otherwise) due to file-sharing.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on September 20, 2008 (boomark / email).