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Stephen Downes

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Remember how last week I wrote that "if the European Commission wants ACTA passed, it will find a way to do it, as part of a farm bill or something?" This week we read that "Canada and the European Union are trying to ratify the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement through the backdoor, by including almost all its Internet and enforcement provisions in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)." People tell me not to be so cynical. I can't see why not.

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