Well, Michael Geist is present at the negotiations, I think, and is pretty well connected. 'Sources say' is likely to mean people who've seen the draft which indicates the direction in which things are going. By now, consensus is starting to emerge on what the ACTA wishlist is at least, with regards to online, so this is (<a href="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4510/125/">http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4510/125/</a>) worth paying attention to. <br>
<br>cheers,<br><br>j<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Scott Elcomb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:psema4@gmail.com">psema4@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Brian McNeil<br>
<<a href="mailto:brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org">brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 17:33 +0000, Andrew Robinson wrote:<br>
>> It's worth remembering that we don't have any of the leaked treaty<br>
>> text. What we have is a single person reporting a leak, with no<br>
>> evidence and no actual text... and of course the negotiations are<br>
>> ongoing so if there is a leak, it probably wouldn't be the final text.<br>
>><br>
>> If the claims made about the treaty are true, we can make a lot of<br>
>> political capital out of it... if they are not true, then we have the<br>
>> potential to make ourselves look very foolish.<br>
>><br>
>> I suggest we should be cautious about treating this leak as fact, and<br>
>> take care to always say "if this leak is accurate then..."<br>
><br>
> Quite correct, and an important point to make. I've currently no plans<br>
> to investigate this for Wikinews, but if someone stumbles on the leaked<br>
> material my mailbox is 'ready to receive'. ;-)<br>
<br>
</div>The last draft I remember hearing about is the one posted to WikiLeaks<br>
earlier this year (in April):<br>
<a href="http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Classified_US%2C_Japan_and_EU_ACTA_trade_agreement_drafts%2C_2009" target="_blank">http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Classified_US%2C_Japan_and_EU_ACTA_trade_agreement_drafts%2C_2009</a><br>
<br>
Note: I haven't analyzed the document; I'm unsure if it contains the<br>
information required to confirm the original article or if there has<br>
been a new leak.<br>
<br>
Additionally, wikileaks has a category for ACTA related information:<br>
<a href="http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:ACTA" target="_blank">http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:ACTA</a><br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
- Scott.<br>
<br>
PS - This is a just-in-case message... in the event people are<br>
unfamiliar with the WikiLeaks site.<br>
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