The treaty, between the European Union, United States, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, Australia and Japan was agreed upon in 2008, but despite requests across member nations, no government so far has released any of the details.
The copy at Wikileaks is an early discussion draft, with parts missing and comments left by the various signatories, but what is there paints a disturbing picture of international co-operation on the issue of intellectual property.
Now comes the crucial point: Why is a draft of a copyright treaty secret? Is it not supposed to be discussed publicly? Does it not mean to protect the rights of all of us? Why is such a subject of wide interest, bloggers, artists, writers, crafters, designers, you name it, being discussed behind closed doors? When we say "intellectual property" (an oxymoron), do we mean the property of big software companies, Hollywood producers and music labels alone? Don't we have a say in the issue?
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