Christopher Leger

Intellectual Property, Individual Rights, and Technology

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ACTA:The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Needs Senate Review and Public Availability Now!

November 24th, 2009 · No Comments

International trade agreements rarely make front page news, and even then only when the agreements are signed, binding the signatory countries to them. Because of this, the standard practice for negotiating these trade agreements is extraordinarily opaque due to press disinterest and the lack of the same open-government laws that many nations have regulating how [...]

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Absolutely Unacceptable

March 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Copyright has absolutely nothing to do with any national security threats, and to suggest that it does undermines real national security issues as well as any faith in fair and open government. The Obama administration has continued the Bush administration policy of holding information regarding ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a trade treaty, outside of [...]

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