[EFF] We Have Every Right to Be Furious About ACTA

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[…] Negotiated in secret, ACTA bypassed checks and balances of existing international IP norm-setting bodies, without any meaningful input from national parliaments, policymakers, or their citizens. Worse still, the agreement creates a new global institution, an « ACTA Committee » to oversee its implementation and interpretation that will be made up of unelected members with no legal obligation to be transparent in their proceedings. […]

[…] ACTA may have been signed by public officials, but it’s crystal clear that they are not representing the public interest.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/we-have-every-right-be-furious-about-acta