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 Topicline: Open Up the
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement to Oversight
As a consumer
and a technology user, I am concerned about recent revelations regarding
the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) being negotiated by the
Office of the United States Trade Representative. Please open up this
agreement to the congressional and public oversight it needs.
Instead
of targeting counterfeit products and coordinating the practices of
national customs agencies as originally announced, leaked documents
indicate that ACTA includes provisions that increase Internet
intermediary liability, regulate access to the Internet and
significantly affect the rights of all American citizens. Because ACTA
is being negotiated as an Executive Agreement, there is no Congressional
oversight. I am worried that ACTA will threaten the carefully crafted
balance of US copyright law that protects citizens' freedom of
expression and has been key to the success of the US technology
industry.
Please contact your Senate colleagues on the Finance,
Foreign Relations, and Judiciary committees and ask that they tell the
USTR to make the ACTA negotiation text public in the interests of
balanced policymaking, to ensure that US negotiators take account of the
interests of the Internet users, technology companies and innovators
that are so vital to this country's future.
Thank you for your
consideration. |
