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Digital copyright: A view from Down Under - June 9, 2008

Graeme Philipson, writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, has an interesting column about the 'discussion paper' being circulated in connection to a possible Anti-Counterfiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which he describes as, "draconian measures to protect copyright."

The US (surprise, surprise) has circulated a draft "Discussion Paper on a Possible Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" (ACTA) for the next G8 meeting, in Tokyo in July. The full text of the document has been published on Wikileaks (wikileaks.org).

The ACTA draft is a scary document. If a treaty based on its provisions were adopted, it would enable any border guard, in any treaty country, to check any electronic device for any content that they suspect infringes copyright laws. They need no proof, only suspicion.

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