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[Tim McNamara <paperless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 18 March 2010 16:20, Reinhold Pam Muller <muller.rpm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> what is ACTA????
>
>
ACTA is a trade deal being negotiated, purporting to foster the
profitability of industries, especially creative & pharmaceutical, by
enhancing intellectual property protection. It has caused a lot
of controversy due to its (likely (no one really knows what's included))
content & the process by which it is being negotiated.

You can draw your own inferences about the likely areas from the companies
that are privy to sensitive USA documents: Abbott Laboratories, Association
of American Publishers, CropLife America, DuPont, eBay, Entertainment
Software Association, FMC Corporation, General Motors Corporation, Generic
Pharmaceutical Association, IBM Corporation, Independent Film & Television
Alliance, Intel Corporation, Intellectual Property Owners Association,
Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co, Monsanto Company, Motion Picture Association
of America, Oracle Corporation, Pfizer, Recording Industry Association of
America, Sun Microsystems, The Dow Chemical Company, The Gorlin Group, The
Procter & Gamble Company, Time Warner, and Verizon Communications.

You can read more
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement.

Tim