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EFF & PK: Government Still Blocking Information on Secret IP Enforcement Treaty

By Robin Gross

Broken Promises from the Obama Administration Keep Americans in the Dark About ACTA. Public interest groups today called on the US government to stop blocking the release of information about a secret intellectual property trade agreement with broad implications for privacy and innovation around the world. EFF and Public Knowledge said that the April 30th release of 36 pages of material by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) was the 2nd time the government had the opportunity to provide some public insight into the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), but declined to do so. More than a thousand pages of material about ACTA are still being withheld, despite the Obama administration's promises to run a more open government....

Full post as published by IP Justice on May 06, 2009 (boomark / email).