Boing Boing just provided an update on the ACTA language and policy, and it’s about as bad as informed observers feared.
Based on what has been leaked so far and including statements from various countries currently participating in this essentially closed-door negotiation process, it would appear that the U.S. and other countries have grown tired of trying to force their policies through the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) after being blocked by developing countries and NGO’s. So, rather than fight it out in WIPO (who, by the way, gave us the (ahem) brilliant DMCA legislation), they’re taking their marbles and going home in a huff to draft their own copyright policy, ACTA.
Just how twisted does your copyright policy have to be for you to sidestep WIPO and form your own private club to get your way…?