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What is ACTA?
ACTA is an abbreviation for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. It is an International Treaty that will be pushed to implementation by 2010. It has been discussed in secret since October 2007, and has been leaked by government officials who were against the unconstitutional, ineffective, inhumane, and unlawful nature of such a treaty.
Countries affected by this treaty include but are not limited to:
Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, The Republic of Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States
The official goal of the agreement is the international enforcement of strong intellectual property rights. Some of our concerns include the vague, amorphous manner in which “counterfeit” is used in many of the public comments. These uses run the gamut from undisputedly illegal products to expressly legitimate generic products. We believe that ACTA holds the potential to restrict innovation, consumer choice and freedom on the Internet by it's many restrictions and its changes to the legal front on copyrights.
The scope of ACTA includes counterfeit goods, generic medicines, Internet censorship, irrational new downloading laws and what is termed "piracy over the Internet". ACTA is a treaty, which would overcome many court precedents in your own country that defines consumer rights as to "fair use" and would remove any limitations on the application of intellectual property laws. This means that ACTA would overrule any laws in your own country, and deal harsher, unfair and ineffective punishment to anyone suspected of piracy, without a trial in court. If you are just suspected of listening to songs illegally, or uploading anything illegal, you may be dealt with harshly, against the laws of your own country.
ACTA also makes Internet Service Providers legally responsible for any of it's users downloaded content. ACTA gives recording industries more rights to enforce copyrights and officers of the law the right to search any digital device for copyrighted material. Did you pay for the songs on your iPod? Under the new law, that instantly classifies you as a criminal, and the same classification as murderers and rapists. You will get a criminal record. Even if you do not download songs onto your iPod, you will feel the effects as millions, possibly billions of dollars in taxpayer's money will be poured in to catch these "criminals", money that can be used to save lives.
Part of ACTA deems anyone accused of copyright infringement to "compensate" for the loss in profit to recording companies. They want harsher punishments for these criminals. These recording companies, such as UMG, earn upwards of $1 billion in 2009. However, the RIAA (Recording Industries Association of America) recently sued a 12 year old girl for downloading, as well as many other people. They are seeking $150 000 per song, on allofmp3.com[1]. How much harsher will they go?
Isn't there a point where they must stop?
Don't believe it? See it for yourself.
Wikipedia Article On ACTA
Read the leaked copy of the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, and we promise you, you will be just as opposed to it as us.
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Leaked ACTA Agreement
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Why you should care about ACTA?
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Why Should You Care About ACTA?
ACTA has several features that raise significant potential concerns for consumers privacy and civil liberties, for innovation and the free flow of information on the Internet, legitimate commerce, and for developing countries ability to choose policy options that best suit their domestic priorities and level of economic development.
Internet Service Providers are forced to monitor everything you do online and to report to the government with anything that seen as suspicious. How are they going to pay for this? We will be forced to pay with much higher Internet bills, in order to allow this invasion of privacy.
But that is not all.
ACTA is dangerous because
1. It makes it more difficult to distribute free software; Without file sharing and P2P technologies like BitTorrent, distributing large amounts of free software becomes much harder, and more expensive. BitTorrent is a grassroots protocol that allows everyone to contribute to legally distributing free software.
2. It will make it harder for users of free operating systems, such as Linux-based to play media. Consumers are no longer allowed to buy media without DRM and DRM'ed media cannot be played with free software.
3. It allows your devices to be taken away without any explanation whatsoever as part of random security checks. Devices suspected of including pirated material and/or copyright infringements will also be confiscated and searched. Not only is this an invasion of Privacy, this could mean restricted to people carrying digital equipment. This means that bringing an iPod or a laptop through airport security could cost hours off your time. This is not only restricted to digital device carriers. This extends the time required for the average check-in up to 70%, assuming 1 in 10 people receive a searched media Device.
4. ACTA requires that existing ISPs no longer host free software that has the possibility of including copyrighted media; this would substantially affect many sites that offer free software or host software projects such as SourceForge and Download.com. Most software we use on our computers are free. Are we to pay the price because of a misleading treaty?
5. Part of the ACTA treaty states that import generic medicine are to be restricted and controlled. This could have disastrous effects that will cost lives, especially in developing countries. The majority of medicinal companies do not supply medicine to third world countries. This is because more profit can be made by selling it to the richer countries where we live. Most medicines received in third world countries are imported by concerned people and charity groups. If ACTA is to be approved, these medicines would be confiscated for "security" reasons (in order to maintain a monopoly). Should these people die because of our current inaction and unwillingness to act against ACTA?
6. If ACTA is implemented, privacy on the internet is no longer a given. Internet Service Providers will be forced to monitor what websites you visit and what you type, search and do. People have a basic right to privacy that this treaty clearly ignores. Are you willing to pay this price?
7. ACTA gives governments and ISP’s the right to block websites deemed “unsuitable” There are no clear guidelines as to what is deemed suitable or unsuitable. Do you honestly believe that this power will not be abused for political and economical gain. China has used the same excuse to censor the internet. Concurrently, China has far banned facebook.com, youtube.com and blogspot.com. Does this seem like national security?
8. This treaty will not prevent piracy. This is an ineffective and ridiculous agreement that will only harm the common people, not the pirated goods trade. Again, China is an example. Most websites and Peer to Peer networks are blocked. Yet China has one of the most rampant piracy industries in the world. Why? Because piracy will always find another medium. Only we will suffer.
We cannot sit by and watch this happen. The Internet is a tremendous source of genuine free speech where ideas and criticisms are not limited by the whims of other people. We must stop this now, before it passes. Before it's too late.
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What can you do to help?
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* Sign the Stop-ACTA Petition.
TL;DR: GROUP OF ASSFUCKS TRYING TO MAKE IT LEGAL TO FINE YOU AND POSSIBLY THROW YOU IN JAIL FOR DOWNLOADING 1 SONG ILLEGALLY, AND TO CONFISCATE YOUR COMPUTER FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. TO HELP STOP THESE ASSFUCKS GO HERE: [url]http://www.anti-acta.com/bomb.htm[/url]
People are telling me it's a repost. I honestly dont care, the more people know, the better.
SIGN THE PETITION DAMNIT!: [url]http://www.stopp-acta.info/english/get+involved/petition/petition.html[/url]
Seriously?
[quote]the European Union[/quote]
Would this mean all of Europe?
If so, I'm fucked :ohdear:
Another thread about this...
I'm starting to get scared :tinfoil:
This is the 3rd thread on the subject (the other 2 being directly below this one), we get the point already.
This isn't going to change shit
[QUOTE=Fusilero1;24407006]This isn't going to change shit[/QUOTE]
Not if you go here: [url]http://www.anti-acta.com/bomb.htm[/url]
This could turn into major riots if more people would know about it.
To be honest, this is exactly as important as they're saying it is.
I sincerely believe that if this shit isn't stopped, the Internet will be slowly brought under the control of corporations and governments (even more than it is now) to the point where they can designate what you look at.
I... Posted this not even an hour ago.
[QUOTE=CheeseMan;24407030]To be honest, this is exactly as important as they're saying it is.
I sincerely believe that if this shit isn't stopped, the Internet will be slowly brought under the control of corporations and governments (even more than it is now) to the point where they can designate what you look at.[/QUOTE]
Exactly. Without a source of open and unrestricted information resistance is almost impossible.
[QUOTE=CheeseMan;24407030]To be honest, this is exactly as important as they're saying it is.
I sincerely believe that if this shit isn't stopped, the Internet will be slowly brought under the control of corporations and governments (even more than it is now) to the point where they can designate what you look at.[/QUOTE]
You've got a small problem there, democracy.
Why are people reposting this?
[QUOTE=FreeThinker;24407015]They can not compete with the Internet itself.
Anyway, I'm going to promote piracy to create more resistance to this shit.[/QUOTE]
you're an idiot.
promoting piracy won't help. protesting against ACTA will.
[QUOTE=poopsicle;24407071]You've got a small problem there, democracy.[/QUOTE]
What's that got to do with anything?
Democracy or not, the anarchic nature of the net is a threat to governments and (not so much but still there) companies everywhere. It's in their best interests to wring power out of peoples' hands and secure it for themselves, it's only natural.
[QUOTE=FreeThinker;24407015]Anyway, I'm going to promote piracy to create more resistance to this shit.[/QUOTE]
Why is that a good idea at all
[QUOTE=poopsicle;24407071]You've got a small problem there, democracy.[/QUOTE]
It's more of the people in power having no idea what the internet is and trying to make a profit out of fucking people over.
[QUOTE=CheeseMan;24407089]What's that got to do with anything?
Democracy or not, the anarchic nature of the net is a threat to governments and (not so much but still there) companies everywhere. It's in their best interests to wring power out of peoples' hands and secure it for themselves, it's only natural.
Why is that a good idea at all[/QUOTE]
And people don't want a say in how that is going to happen?
Well shit.
[QUOTE=The Mighty Boatman;24407078]you're an idiot.[/QUOTE]
You're a conservative furry
[QUOTE=poopsicle;24407109]And people don't want a say in how that is going to happen?[/QUOTE]
While that's how I'd love it to happen, do you really thing the vast majority of people who use the Internet even know this is happening? The amount is small enough to allow these groups to wheedle their way in and place things like the ACTA agreement, which is exactly why we need to spread awareness.
Use a proxy. Problem solved.
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If you're pirating like 50 gigs of music
[QUOTE=FreeThinker;24407154]You're a conservative furry[/QUOTE]
i'm neither of those.
[QUOTE=bigbigzubra;24407218]Use a proxy. Problem solved.
[editline]09:58AM[/editline]
If you're pirating like 50 gigs of music[/QUOTE]
Wow you're dumb.
[QUOTE=bigbigzubra;24407218]Use a proxy. Problem solved.
[editline]09:58AM[/editline]
If you're pirating like 50 gigs of music[/QUOTE]
worst suggestion ever.
In my opinion, piracy shouldn't be illegal or persecuted. In case if you're worried about decrease in intellectual property production in this case - enough profit would be made from conservatives buying legit intellectual products. Piracy restrictions would result in a little increase of intellectual property production (not like they'll be able to piracy) but this would be canceled out (end even a decrease in profit would most likely result from this) as some people use piracy for simply trying out stuff.
Oh god, this better not be serious.
[QUOTE=FreeThinker;24407261]Whatever you say[/QUOTE]
what makes you think i'm conservative.
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[QUOTE=CheeseMan;24407166]While that's how I'd love it to happen, do you really thing the vast majority of people who use the Internet even know this is happening? The amount is small enough to allow these groups to wheedle their way in and place things like the ACTA agreement, which is exactly why we need to spread awareness.[/QUOTE]
Well as soon as something like this happens people are going to suspect something is up.
It wont last long as people will complain.
[QUOTE=bigbigzubra;24407218]Use a proxy. Problem solved.
[editline]09:58AM[/editline]
If you're pirating like 50 gigs of music[/QUOTE]
Apart from the bit where you still have to receive that traffic over your own Internet connection, making it traceable. A proxy only hides your IP from people who can't monitor traffic. Your still fucked.
So they are going to come to my house and grab any media storage device and look for pirated things?
Thats just invasion of privacy i cant see this going on for very long.
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