Z:gnu-www-ja-digital-inclusion-in-freedom--a9d465-The US, Canada, the European U/en

The US, Canada, the European Union, and various other countries are engaged in negotiating the &ldquo;Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.&rdquo; The negotiations are secret, but Canada reluctantly published a list of suggestions it received from private parties, and HADOPI-style punishment without trial was one of them.30 The suggestion is likely to have come from the copyright lobby, which has great influence in the US government and others, so the danger is not negligible. European officials may seek to use this treaty to circumvent the European Parliament, following a practice known as &ldquo;policy laundering.&rdquo;