There are move afoot in Sweden that could shine a light on the murky dealings that surround anti-counterfeiting trade agreements.
Linus Nordberg, a Swedish advocate and developer for Tor, and representative of the Föreningen för digitala froch rättigheter (DFRI), or the Association for Digital Liberties, has sent a letter to the president of the European Parliament in which he asks for clarity over ACTA treaties and a full release of documents. […]
The timing is perhaps key. The request follows movements towards the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement, or TAFTA, a joint American and European legislative initiative that US President Obama announced in his State of the Union address. […]
« [ACTA] was a wake up call for many of us in the European Union member states, that the European Parliament lacked the will or the power, whichever would be the worst I don’t know, to let the people ultimately affected by the upcoming legislation learn what was at stake, » he said. […]
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