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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Speaking of ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), it’s “made it to the floor of the House of Commons yesterday,” blogs Michael Geist . NDP  digital media spokesman MP Charlie Angus “raised concerns about the agreement, the lack of transparency, and questions about whether the recent copyright consultation was little more than theatre given the prospect that ACTA will decide what Canadian copyright law ultimately looks like,” says Geist, going on >>> Industry Minister Tony Clement responded by arguing that the ACTA is not law in Canada, stating that it is “subservient” to domestic law.

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p2pnet news view Advertising | P2P | Politics:- Britain’s plans to implement the entertainment cartel three strikes and you’re off the net bidniz plan have just been doomed.

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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- “It is all very well beating consumers over the head with a stick but they need to be offered a carrot as well.” Is it?

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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- America wants to to push laws that reach beyond WIPO net treaties and beyond current European Union law, “confirming the U.S. desire to promote a three-strikes and you’re out policy,” says Michael Geist , quoting from a leaked European Commission analysis of the ACTA Internet chapter. It also contains detailed comments on US proposals for a “Global DMCA, harmonized contributory copyright infringement rules, and the establishment of an international notice-and-takedown policy,” says Geist.

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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations threaten the Internet, say 1,700 European ISPs, all members of EuroISPA , Its “heavy-handed measures would create a serious danger of undermining and restricting the open innovative space that lies at the very heart of the Internet’s success,” says association president Malcolm Hutty. “This agreement would have a negative impact on Internet users without having an appreciable impact on fighting illicit use of copyrighted material.â€? Leaks “suggest that the series of measures being considered are severe and wide-ranging including the possibility of users being disconnected from the Internet,” says the group today, going on »»» EuroISPA is concerned that the attempt to implement such measures through a trade agreement, rather than a conventional legislative process, will not allow the various stakeholders, such as European citizens’ representatives, to enter the debate.

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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Canadian border guards have a new role . Censorship interrogators. Amy Goodman, host of the independent US radio show Democracy Now, can tell you all about it.

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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- “Mystery” surrounds the decision to uninvite the Featured Artists Coalition from a Digital Economy Bill dog-and-pony-show — sorry, debate — organised by The Telegraph and Virgin Media, says MusicWeek . “A panel of digital experts, including UK Music chief executive Feargal Sharkey, shadow minister for culture Ed Vaizey and FAC acting chief Jeremy Silver, had been due to take part in an online discussion about the key issues raised by the legislation,” says the story.

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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- What do Dutch Freedom Party leader Geert Wilder and US presidential wife Michelle Obama have in common? Oh, and her husband, Barack? They’ve all been compared to monkeys.

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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- “We are concerned that the secrecy of such information reflects a desire to avoid potential criticism of substantive provisions in ACTA by the public, the group who will be most affected by the agreement.” So say two US congressmen in a letter to US Trade representative Ron Kirk.

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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Peter ‘Mandy’ Mandelson’s (right) efforts on behalf of Hollywood and Big Music continue to come unglued to the extent a prestigious UK firm is now wondering if they’ll ever become law. The Big 4 record labels and Hollywood are simultaneously hammering their Three Strikes plan , “trying to have it adopted as law in countries such as Britain and France,” p2pnet said on Sunday, going on: “Implemented, it would have administrations acting as industry copyright agents, and local ISPs  targetting their own customers on behalf of the cartels.” European legislators have just  approved new rules which say users can be cut off only after a “ prior, fair and impartial procedure” which gives them ‘the opportunity to state their case and respects the principles of presumption of innocence and the right to privacy’ has been completed.

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