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internet | software
Differences in prominent US and EU treaties concerning liability for service providers
| 22-March-2013
A comparison of language between two of the most substantive and recent free trade agreements (FTAs) adopted by the US and the EU for one controversial area of IP: liability for internet service providers (ISP) for infringing content.
Trade Commissioner: EU to seek GIs in US FTA, but no new ACTA
| 22-February-2013
EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht said he did not want to reopen the discussion on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which he called “a nail to my coffin.” As long as there is no respective EU legislation with regard to copyright protection on the internet, he will not try to “bring it in through the backdoor,” he said. 
Justo cuando se cumple un año de la paralización de la polémica ley “SOPA” en Estados Unidos, vuelve a tomar impulso el Tratado de Libre Comercio Transpacífico (TPP) que impone nuevas restricciones a la Red en nombre de la protección de los derechos de autor, y del cual -todo apunta- Chile quiere será parte, pese a que no le deja ningún beneficio económico. 
La Corte Constitucional en Bogotá tumbó la reglamentación sobre el uso de Internet y los derechos de autor, incluida por el Congreso de la República en la ley de reglamentación del TLC con Estados Unidos.
México: Expertos advierten llegada de nueva SOPA y TPP
| 15-January-2013
Luego de que el Congreso de Estados Unidos diera marcha atrás en el 2012 a la aprobación de las iniciativas antipiratería Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) y Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), activistas y defensores de la libertad en Internet advirtieron la llegada de nuevos intentos de regulación similares. 
Accord commercial Canada-UE (CETA), Accord de Libre Échange (ALE) UE-Inde, UE-Thaïlande, UE-Moldavie, etc. Tous ces accords contiennent potentiellement des clauses dangereuses pour les libertés des utilisateurs d’Internet, l’accès aux médicaments essentiels ou l’utilisation et la diffusion de logiciels libres.
U.S. seeks Internet data flow safeguards in Asia-Pacific trade pact
| 22-September-2012
The United States is asking countries for strong rules to protect the free flow of data, ranging from video clips to back-room office operations, in talks on a Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, a U.S. official said on Friday. 
Just Foreign Policy is offering a reward, now up to $21,100, to WikiLeaks if it publishes a draft copy of the TPP. People could add to the reward fund, or if in a position to do so, make a copy of the draft agreement available to the world.
Accord entre Taïwan et la Chine sur la protection des investissements
| 9-August-2012
Taïwan et la Chine ont signé jeudi un accord très attendu par les milieux d’affaires sur la protection des investissements mais dénoncé par les nationalistes et indépendantistes taïwanais qui craignent une reprise en main de Pékin. 
Se filtró nuevamente parte del texto de propiedad intelectual del TPP (Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement), tratado que mantiene sus negociaciones secretas y que es denunciado por diversas organizaciones mundiales porque, entre otras cosas, contendría disposiciones muy parecidas a SOPA. 
The EU Parliament has rejected the controversial global Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The decision is a victory for thousands of Europeans who took to the streets in furious protest against ACTA. 
A European Parliament Committee rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) yesterday despite pro-business lobbying by Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, who insisted that Parliament should not decide before the European Court of Justice gives its opinion. A final vote in the full Parliament is expected on 4 July.
Colombia: Corte admite analizar demanda contra ’Ley Lleras’ incluida en TLC
| 8-June-2012
La Corte Constitucional admitió estudiar demanda contra la norma incluida en el TLC con Estados Unidos, que incluye la restricción para bajar información de Internet, o llamada Ley Lleras.
Colombia: Nueva demanda contra la Ley que implementó el TLC
| 27-April-2012
La acción fue presentada por el ciudadano Andrés de Zubiría quien señala que hubo vicios de trámite en el procedimiento legislativo. 
Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, which the US is negotiating with Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam are continuing this week (April 9-13) in Santiago, Chile in the form of an “intersessional meeting” on intellectual property – focusing on internet policy.
Colombia: ¿Es la ley del TLC la ‘Ley Lleras recargada’?
| 29-March-2012
El grito de guerra de los más tenaces opositores de la ley del TLC es que se trata de la ‘Ley Lleras recargada’. El grupo ‘hacktivista’ Anonymous, que el pasado martes protestó haciendo que el sitio web del Senado de la República dejara de funcionar por varias horas, se refiere a la iniciativa en esos términos.
Special report: TPP negotiations to heat up in Melbourne over patents, copyright, medicines
| 21-February-2012
The TPP is gaining attention throughout the world not only because it holds the promise of opening up markets in participating countries and exporting stronger intellectual property protections enjoyed in the United States, but because some fear a greater backlash could ensue in the wake of outcry over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). 
As protests against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) sweep across Europe, two conclusions are possible: the era of closed-door IP policy is over; and the content industry’s insatiable quest for more power and control is no longer irresistible. 
Opponents of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) welcomed the official decision by the German government today to wait for action from the European Parliament before signing the treaty, calling it a sign that the debate over the balance between copyright protection and Internet freedom has become more explicitly political. 
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) are essentially an alteration to SOPA and PIPA for the rest of the world. |
L’accord entre l’Union Européenne et l’Inde menace l’accès aux traitements en Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient
| 12-April-2013
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