OT, ACTA, Secrecy and free software

[Lisa Kachold]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Technomage <technomage.hawke at gmail.com>wrote:

> I found this site
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement) to be
> rather illuminating,
> especially with regard to free software.
>
> However, this part scares me more than anything:
> "
>
>
>      United States
>
> Knowledge Ecology International
> </wiki/Knowledge_Ecology_International> also filed a Freedom of
> Information Act (FOIA)
> </wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_%28United_States%29> request in the
> United States but had their entire request denied, with the United State
> Trade Representative's FOIA office stating it was withheld for being
> material "properly classified in the interest of national security."
> However, a recent leak has shown that the Obama administration intends
> to start an undisclosed internet chapter.^[41]" <#cite_note-HuffPo-40>
>
> ^Comments?
>

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