[Chapter-delegates] ACTA - draft agenda and fact sheets

[Christine Runnegar]

Hello all,

Here is some additional information regarding ACTA:


The tentative agenda has been posted by the Australian Department of Foreign
Affairs here http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/acta/agenda_wellington.html. 

It is also available via the Directorate General for Trade for the European
Commission website here
http://ec.europa.eu/trade/creating-opportunities/trade-topics/intellectual-p
roperty/anti-counterfeiting.



At least three countries participating in the ACTA negotiations have
recently placed an ACTA Fact Sheet on their website:

Australia - http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/acta/factsheet.html

US - http://www.ustr.gov/acta-fact-sheet-march-2010

Japan - http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/i_property/acta_factsheet.pdf

This is what the DFAT ACTA Fact Sheet says re "What IS NOT the goal of
ACTA":

"  *  The ACTA is not about raising substantive standards of intellectual
property protection (IPR) or specifying or dictating how countries should
define infringement of those rights.
* The ACTA does not focus on private, non-commercial activities of
individuals, nor will it result in the monitoring of individuals or intrude
in their private sphere.   
Accordingly:
    o Civil liberties would not be curtailed by the ACTA.
    o There is no proposal to oblige ACTA Parties to require their border
authorities to search travelers' baggage for IPR infringing goods or their
personal electronic devices for IPR infringing downloads.
    o There is no proposal to oblige ACTA Parties to require internet
service providers (ISPs) to terminate users' connections on the basis of
accumulated allegations of online IPR infringement (the so-called "three
strikes" rule)."

Best regards,
Christine

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Christine Runnegar
Senior Manager Public Policy
Internet Society
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