Comment from doug twyman, private

Stanford K. McCoy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation Office of the United States Trade Representative 600 17th St NW Washington, DC 20006 Re: Comments on ACTA (Docket no. USTR-2010-0014) Dear Mr. McCoy: I am writing to urge the United States not to sign ACTA. The agreement would impose unethically strict extensions to copyright law in other countries, and increased criminal penalties for infringement here. It mandates a number of enforcement mechanisms that unjustly benefit copyright and trademark holders at the expense of individual liberties. It would also create new obstacles to repealing problematic US laws like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Now that computers are available to many, it's easier than ever for people to share information and cultural works with each other. Our laws should allow and encourage them to do so. We stand to benefit from less enforcement of copyright and trademark laws—not more. ACTA is a step in the wrong direction. No country should sign it. Sincerely, doug twyman