The Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement continues to roll along, with negotiations taking place in Switzerland in the coming weeks. Rumor has it that these negotiations might be bringing us to a finalized ACTA soon, despite protests from public interest groups, technology companies, and legislators around the world that its ham-fisted approach to enforcement can do grave harm to consumers, innovation, communication, and can even make it harder for lifesaving medications to reach populations in need.

Clearly, a more balanced perspective is needed. So let's tell the Obama Administration why consumers and Internet users are worried about ACTA. It's not because we're crypto-pirates looking to steal digital content--it's because the electronic shackles meant for counterfeiters and pirates end up on every user's wrists. To date, it seems that these concerns aren't being taken seriously because of a pervasive insistence that ACTA is the only, or best, solution to the problems of brand owners who worry about counterfeit goods. We need to send a wake-up call to the administration, telling them to pay attention to the dangerous details hidden inside what might look like an uncontroversial cooperation agreement.

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