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Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in Canada

Submitted by Bernardo Parrella on Fri, 13/11/2009 - 19:13

A video-lecture by Michael Geist: "Everything You Need To Know About ACTA, But Didn't Know To Ask". [13nov09]

Michael Geist, law professor at the University of Ottawa and long-time copyright reform advocate, continues is battle against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement -- a copyright treaty currently being negotiated in Canada.

This time boingboing shares a "20-minute, must-see lecture on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement -- the secret copyright treaty currently being negotiated, which stands to fatally wound all user-generated content sites from mailing lists to YouTube; which stands to criminalize kids for noncommercial file-sharing; which stands to put your internet connection in jeopardy if anyone in your house is accused of infringement, and much, much more."

Here is the original video by Michael Geist.

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