Corporate interests are using US muscle to push other countries to legislate what they can’t hope to get away with in their own country.

InternetNZ has launched an online petition following its "PublicACTA" session in Wellington on Saturday.

People are being asked to sign an endorsement of a statement formulated at the event, dubbed "The Wellington Declaration", that seeks to limit the scope of the pending Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

The declaration is online here.

Nations negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) met in Mexico yesterday to discuss the treaty’s next move but due to intense security around the meeting, details on the agenda are not known.

ACTA has raised much controversy around the world for the secret manner in which the treaty is being discussed. It has been called anti-democratic by lobbyists in New Zealand who are concerned about the content of the treaty and how it will be implemented if it is contrary to New Zealand’s existing laws.