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EFF and Public Knowledge Filed Lawsuit Against USTR demanding Information about the Secret IP Enforcement Treaty (ACTA)

By Robin Gross

U.S. Trade Office Withholds Documents on Secret IP Enforcement Treaty - Public Kept in the Dark About Serious Civil Liberties and Privacy Issues -- "ACTA raises serious concerns for citizens' civil liberties and privacy rights," said EFF International Policy Director Gwen Hinze. "This treaty could potentially change the way your computer is searched at the border or spark new invasive monitoring from your ISP. People need to see the full text of ACTA now, so that they can evaluate its impact on their lives and express that opinion to their political leaders. Instead, the USTR is keeping us in the dark while talks go on behind closed doors..."

Full post as published by IP Justice on September 18, 2008 (boomark / email).