Ars Technica has a good summary article on this today. In part it says:
Apparently, a face-saving agreement is better than no agreement at all—but even the neutered ACTA we see today could run into problems. Mexico’s Senate yesterday approved a nonbinding resolution asking for the country to suspend participation in ACTA, while key members of the European Parliament have also expressed skepticism about the deal.
Even Public Knowledge, a DC advocacy group that has long opposed ACTA, said today that the new text is “a qualified victory for those who want to protect the digital rights of consumers around the world. Some of the most egregious provisions from earlier drafts have been removed on topics ranging from digital protection measures to the liability of intermediaries like Internet Service Providers and search engines.”
The article goes on to discuss: camcording, green destruction, ipod searches at the border, patents, DRM, IP lookups, internet piracy and cooperation. Worth a read. As the article says: “With no more negotiating sessions scheduled, this is close to a final draft, and something like it will probably be adopted unless countries start pulling out of the agreement altogether.”
