[pp.int.general] The ACTA Internet Chapter

[Brian McNeil]

On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 17:33 +0000, Andrew Robinson wrote:
> It's worth remembering that we don't have any of the leaked treaty
> text. What we have is a single person reporting a leak, with no
> evidence and no actual text... and of course the negotiations are
> ongoing so if there is a leak, it probably wouldn't be the final text.
> 
> If the claims made about the treaty are true, we can make a lot of
> political capital out of it... if they are not true, then we have the
> potential to make ourselves look very foolish.
> 
> I suggest we should be cautious about treating this leak as fact, and
> take care to always say "if this leak is accurate then..."

Quite correct, and an important point to make. I've currently no plans
to investigate this for Wikinews, but if someone stumbles on the leaked
material my mailbox is 'ready to receive'. ;-)


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Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org>
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