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Old 28th May, 2008, 09:47 AM
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'Internet freedom' bill targeting China cooperation faces rough road

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Editor's note: Updated at 5:50 a.m. PDT with comment from Yahoo.

May 28, 2008 4:00 AM PDT
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A proposed federal law that would slap extensive regulations on technology companies doing business in China and other nations deemed to be unreasonably "Internet-restricting" is facing an uncertain future due to opposition from the Bush administration and telecommunications providers. [Front page...]
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So we would be able to sue US companies, with servers in the US, when the ACTA bill goes into law??

I consider that unreasonable restrictive.

that could become the $64B question
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Only if NZ also becomes a signatory of the treaty.
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There's a lot of money to be made in the "Free world" oppressing and helping to oppress those who have fallen into the hands of tyrants...
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