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The WTO is widely misunderstood and misrepresented as an organization designed to promote "free trade." In fact, some of its most economically important rules promote the opposite: the costliest forms of protectionism in the world. The WTO's rules on intellectual property (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property, or TRIPS) are the most glaring example. These are designed to extend and enforce U.S.-style patent and copyright law throughout the world.

[Wikipedia: The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed plurilateral trade agreement which is alleged by its proponents to be in response "to the increase in global trade of counterfeit goods and pirated copyright protected works." The scope of ACTA is broad, including counterfeit physical goods, as well as "internet distribution and information technology".]

Whois Record for Erotica.com. The domain was sold sold for $850,000 before the Internext Adult Auction started last January. See http://www.thedomains.com/2009/01/19/eroticacom-sold-for-850000/

"Roy Kady, with Diné bé iiná, said that the selling of songs, stories and other intellectual property by some is a matter of economics. – "A lot of people are poor," Kady said. "The only way they can make money is selling their knowledge." – "Anytime intellectual property is discussed, it's the wealthy that benefit," Yazzie replied. "

Public Goods and the Public Domain: The Access to Knowledge in Developing Countries, and Innovation in Health, Education and Science. Forero Pineda, Clemente. 2004. The Digital Library of the Commons. University of Indiana