Posts Tagged “ACTA”
Reclaim Democracy, Defeat ACTA
by Roderick on January 30, 2012
As Europe erupts in protest following protests in Poland at the opaque and undemocratic accession to ACTA, Australians have been asking, what can we do? Australia continues to be part of the so called ‘Coalition of the Willing’, aiming to (…)
Australia’s Last Chance to Defeat ACTA
by Roderick on January 27, 2012
This article has been published at the ABC. Today we saw thousands take to the streets in Poland in what has become an ongoing protest, the European Parliament’s rapporteur of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement resign in disgust at the ACTA charade, the exclusionary and (…)
ACTA: Still troubling…
by Roderick on November 29, 2010
Last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) held an information session in Sydney, upon the finalisation of negotiations of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). We attended, we asked a few questions, and received a few interesting responses. (…)
So Much For Transparency
by Roderick on September 2, 2010
Euractiv.com reports that the USTO officials responsible for negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) are blocking the EU delegation from publishing the draft agreement online completed after the August round. I can only imagine, based on my experience with DFAT (…)
It really is just a bit of history repeating…
by Roderick on September 1, 2010
A little while ago, Matt Dawes from the Australian Digital Alliance, an NGO whose membership largely consists of libraries and museums, wrote a piece published by IT News discussing the cyclical behaviour of established industry when disruptive technology threatens, or (…)
German Bundesrat: ACTA undemocratic, should be moved to WIPO
by Roderick on May 12, 2010
The Bundesrat has passed a resolution criticising the process of ACTA negotiations, inferring they have not respected the democratic process. A lack of transparency, consultation with civil society, consumers and the general public. It recognised that it is necessary in (…)
ACTA, DFAT and FOI
by Roderick on February 24, 2010
Last week I attended a debriefing and meeting at the home office of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Canberra at the invitation of the Department after the submission of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request with (…)
