The Third Draft Agreement (November 21, 2003) of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) includes an extensive section on Intellectual Property Rights. According to the advocacy group IP Justice, the “expanded copyrights…endanger civil liberties and competition….and one of the most controversial sections of the IPR chapter requires countries to outlaw the circumvention of technological restrictions.” [Link] The group is sponsoring an “online petition calling for the deletion of the entire chapter on intellectual property rights in the FTAA Treaty.” (Thanks to Andrew Sitzer)