ACTA negotiations underway; background information from Michael Geist
The negotiations for the ACTA, the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, are underway in Mexico this week, and there’s been a lot of coverage around the world of the lack of transparency in these talks. For those who are not familiar with the agreement, I want to recommend Michael Geist’s excellent five part ACTA Guide: The […]
Next round of ACTA negotiations, Mexico: still no transparency in sight
The next round of negotiations on the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) are due to begin this week in Guadalajara, Mexico. On the agenda this week are civil copyright measures, border measures, internet enforcement measures, and, very briefly, the issue of the lack of transparency in the negotiations. While much of the text is hidden […]
R18+ Games event in Sydney this Saturday
Luke Lawrie from r18GamesAustralia.com is organising a consultation event this weekend in Sydney about the introduction of an R18+ rating for computer games: The Commonwealth Government has released a discussion paper which briefly summarises the key arguments for and against an R18+ classification for video games. Censorship Ministers have considered the issue of an adult […]
EFA welcomes Peter Black as our new campaign manager
I am very pleased to welcome Peter Black as our new campaign manager for the mandatory internet filtering campaign. We are all looking forward to working with Peter and are extremely excited to see his vision for the campaign. The first step will be the unveiling of a new campaign website. If you would like […]
EFA Newsletter for December 2009: EFA is hiring
We are stepping up the campaign on mandatory internet filtering, and we are looking for some help. Please see our December newsletter for more information on how you can help. We are also looking to hire a community and campaign manager for a minimum three month contract to help us coordinate the campaign.