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ECA Responds to ACTA Text

By pete_gallagher

The Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA) has issued a response to the officially released text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

While expressing excitement 'for the proliferation of digitally-distributed products and services,' and respecting the fact that governments and industries are concerned protecting intellectual property, the ECA said that it remained 'concerned about the rights of consumers being diminished or marginalized in the process.'

Decrying the lack of input from the public, or from consumer interest groups , the ECA wrote, 'Any decisions made by signatory nations must not only be made with the input from the public, but also carefully balance the interests of intellectual property content owners with the rights and interests of consumers.'

Three specific parts of the current ACTA text were called out as points of concern by the ECA:

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on April 21, 2010 (boomark / email).