Prentice backtracks on treaty policy, copyright to be exempted

Foreign Affairs announced a new treaty policy for the House, but the Industry Department´s new copyright bill on the WIPO treaties appears to be exempted.

The federal government is already backtracking on a newly-announced policy to hold House debates and votes on international treaties, saying that a bill to implement two treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization is going ahead without first holding a debate and vote on the treaties...

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