Rebecca MacKinnon calls for [1] revising software copyright policy following the story in Irkutsk [2], where local authorities used the excuse of struggling against illegal software to confiscate local NGO's computers. Irkutsk case represents a wider problem of using intellectual property protection as a justification for prosecution of human rights activists all over the world which might increase after ratification of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement [3] (ACTA).
Russia: Intellectual Property Rights as NGO Prosecution Tool?
· Written by Gregory Asmolov
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