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Originally Posted by HarryT
However, such issues need to be discussed openly, not "behind closed doors".
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Given the text leaked is basically the same as the US has been using in bilateral treaties, just taken up a notch, well, honestly it's not hard to see where it's going. And no, forcing the neoprohibitionist approach to IP law onto everyone is not a good idea, unless you think the RIAA's technique of losing music customers for life was smart.
(Incidentally, this makes the UK's Digital Economy Bill with its secondary legislation look far nastier, because the ACTA could then be passed into UK law with only a debate on which no vote is allowed)