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Over 100 International Public Interest Organizations Demand ACTA Be Made Public

By DrewWilson

Over 100 public interest organizations have demanded that ACTA, the notoriously secret treaty being negotiated by numerous nations around the world, to finally be made public. The EFF points to a very interesting news release which announces that several organizations from around the world are demanding that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement be made public. The release was made by big names. Australia's Kimberlee Weatherall, USA's Robert Weissman, and Canada's Michael Geist were among the names included in the initial press release. More from the release: More than 100 public interest organizations from around the world today called on officials from the countries negotiating Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) -- the United States, the European Union, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand -- to publish immediately the draft text of the agreement.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on September 16, 2008 (boomark / email).