Over the last half dozen years the U.S. government has secretly been negotiating a treaty. Not only was the text of the treaty kept from the public but its enforcement committee can act behind closed doors. This treaty was signed by President Obama last month and is ready to become law in the U.S. and numerous other countries.
This treaty is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement — a multilateral agreement that creates a new international network of laws and regulations governing copyrighted content. Several factors have made ACTA controversial. First, it has been negotiated among the parties outside of established multinational organizations in order to keep its terms secret. This secrecy has been justified by the U.S. and Japan as matters of national security.
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