Secretive international trade negotiations intended to clamp down on counterfeiting risk undermining the openness and innovation-friendly nature of the Internet, said EuroISPA, a trade group representing Europe’s Internet service providers (ISPs), on Monday.

If the ideas under discussion are adopted, ISPs may be forced to snoop on their subscribers and cut them off if they are found to have shared copyright-protected music on the Net.

To read this IDG report in full, see:
www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141566/European_ISPs_lash_out_at_secret_ACTA_negotiations
www.computerworld.com.au/article/328056/
www.pcworld.com/article/183333/.html
www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/328056/