““Either way, when international accords, like ACTA, are conceived and constructed under a cloak of secrecy,” [Senator Ron] Wyden [D-OR] said, “it is hard to argue that they represent the broad interests of the general public. The controversy over ACTA should surprise no one.””
– ACTA ‘leaves to the discretion of each country the definition of what constitutes a “commercial” level of piracy, so some countries might choose to search travelers’ laptop computers and digital music players in search of illegal downloads. ACTA supporters reject the criticism and say action is essential when legitimate owners of intellectual property are losing tens of billions of dollars annually to counterfeiting and illegal sharing. They accuse some opponents of deliberately exaggerating ACTA’s provisions to fan fears.’
