FTAA IP Chapter

IP Justice analyzes the problems with the IP chapter of the Free Trade Area of the Americas Agreement: "Excessive Force": Report fron the FTAA Miami Ministerial

Intellectual property rights will continue to be one of the most hotly contested chapters in the FTAA Agreement with pressure from the US to increase rights. However, the US is the only country in the Western Hemisphere that is a net-exporter of intellectual property. All 33 other countries are overwhelmingly net-importers of intellectual property from the US . It makes little sense for these countries to enact laws that will only send scarce domestic resources to Hollywood and Redmond

(via Tech Law Advisor)