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ACTA Risks Long-Term Damage To Democratic Public Policymaking, NGOs Say

By Intellectual Property Watch

An agreement on international intellectual property rights enforcement now under negotiation in Lucerne, Switzerland runs the risk of ushering in a new and undemocratic precedent for international policymaking that could have long-term damaging effects on critical public policy issues, non-negotiating government representatives and civil society advocates said this week.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on June 30, 2010 (boomark / email).