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This is what I worry about when I hear people talking about "global governance" (without regard to the topic:
The draft intellectual property text of the EU - Canada Trade Agreement has leaked, with news that the EU is demanding that Canada fundamentally alter copyright, patent, and trademark law. The laundry list of demands includes copyright term extension, WIPO ratification, DMCA-style legislation, resale rights, new enforcement provisions, and following patent, trademark, and design law treaties. The net result is that when combined with the ACTA requirements, Canadian copyright law may cease to be Canadian.
Yes, the world certainly needs DMCA style copyright rules everywhere. Then it needs the same mindset applied to other things. Joy.
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