Uber-Cyberprof Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa and author of the most excellent BNA Internet Law News (its free to subscribe, so do it), has written a great commentary for the Toronto Star on the increasing use of free trade agreements to ratchet up the protections of intellectual property law (Why we must stand on guard over copyright). In a serendipitous coincidence, just today IP Justice issued a report detailing such practices in the proposed FTAA (IP Justice on IP in the Free Trade Area of the Americas Treaty). Prof. Geist's article is a succinct overview of the issues and the IP Justice white paper points out the unfortunate particulars of an egegious case.