http://www.ip-watch.org/2011/11/05/us-secretary-clinton-no-contradiction-in-online-enforcement-free-speech/ Original news and analysis on international IP policy Tue, 21 May 2013 19:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ip-watch.org/2011/11/05/us-secretary-clinton-no-contradiction-in-online-enforcement-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-4823896 Too much information: links for week ending 11 November 2011 | The Barefoot Technologist Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:55:31 +0000 http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=18060#comment-4823896 [...] United States faces questions on ACTA, IP enforcement and free expression Intellectual Property Watch reports on a letter sent by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to a US Representative “undertaking to explain the apparent contradiction in the strong enforcement of intellectual property rights and efforts to ensure freedom of expression on the internet”, a contradiction that was highlighted by the UN’s Frank la Rue earlier this year. Meanwhile, the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development reports that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a US-led treaty that threatens to take intellectual property enforcement laws beyond WTO-established standards, is being questioned by US authorities, at the European Parliament, and at the WTO. A video produced by La Quadrature du Net that encourages European citizens to write to their elected representatives at the European Parliament protesting ACTA has been viewed more than 1m times. Clinton answers | ACTA questions | Video [...]

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