1. WARNING! Potential Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement Put Everyone’s Privacy at Risk (Trade Lawyers’ Blog)

“We should all be concerned that some governments will increase laptop searches under the disguised authority of ACTA and in reality to obtain personal information.”

2. International copyright talks seek BitTorrent-killer laws (The Register)

“At time of writing the EU had not responded to a request for clarification of its involvement in the process. The Canwest News Service reports that the proposals are expected to be discussed at the G8 meeting in Tokyo in July. A European Commission fact sheet released in October contradicts this, stating that ACTA will not be pursued through the G8.”

3. Gov’t wants into your laptop (Vancouver Province, front page)

“We live in a surveillance society already where our computers are monitored, phone lines are tapped. We don’t need extra laws to further enhance their capabilities of surveillance.”