New Zealand government should be ashamed

By Mauricio Freitas, in Technology, posted: 4-NOV-2009 12:31

The New Zealand government should be ashamed of being involved in secret dodgy ACTA negotiations giving away our rights to private interests.

Summary from Acta round five.

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Comment by nzsouthernman, on 4-NOV-2009 16:20

Agreed!

Comment by nzsouthernman, on 4-NOV-2009 16:21

Agreed!

Comment by foobar, on 5-NOV-2009 06:25

Right! It is shameful and very concerning.

Comment by steve, on 5-NOV-2009 10:19

All our government does is piggy back off America, its shocking.

Comment by Jason, on 7-NOV-2009 06:58

We now see what S92A really was, an attempt by the NZ government to get out ahead of the trade negotiations. So, the question becomes - is this worth trading away for a FTA with the US?

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