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TorrentFreak May 2011

Leaked "ACTA" Lobby Letter Reveals Hollywood Pressure On EU

TorrentFreak

6 May 2011

TorrentFreak obtained a full copy of the letter (embedded below) of which excerpts
appeared on IPtegrity earlier this week. According to the document's metadata, the
letter was not written by any of the pro-copyright groups but by Joanne Scobie of the
lobby firm Policy Action, which is by itself telling.

See my article here: Hollywood presses European Parliament to sign ACTA

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