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 DragonChaser
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 Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
#8621951 - 07/11/08 01:36 PM (4 months, 22 days ago) |
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Anyone heard of this?
the opening to the article from wiki...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed plurilateral trade agreement that would impose strict enforcement of intellectual property rights related to Internet activity and trade in information-based goods. The agreement is being secretly negotiated by the governments of the United States, the European Commission, Japan, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Canada, and Mexico.[1][2] If adopted at the 34th G8 summit in July 2008, the treaty would establish an international coalition against copyright infringement, imposing a strong, top-down enforcement regime of copyright laws in developed nations. The proposed agreement would allow border officials to search laptops, MP3 players, and cellular phones for copyright-infringing content. It would also impose new cooperation requirements upon internet service providers (ISPs), including perfunctory disclosure of customer information, and restrict the use of online privacy tools. The proposal specifies a plan to encourage developing nations to accept the legal regime.
The European Commission, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and other government agencies have acknowledged participating in ACTA negotiations, but they have refused to release drafts of the treaty or to discuss specific terms under discussion in the negotiations. Public interest advocates in Canada filed an access to information request but received only a document stating the title of the agreement, with everything else blacked out.[2] On May 22, 2008, a discussion paper about the proposed agreement was uploaded to Wikileaks, and newspaper reports about the secret negotiations quickly followed.[3][4][2][5]
ACTA is part of a broader "forum shifting" strategy employed by the trade representatives of the U.S., E.C., Japan, and other supporters of rigid intellectual property enforcement: similar terms and provisions currently appear in the World Customs Organization draft SECURE treaty.[6]
Border searches
Newspaper reports indicate that the proposed agreement would empower security officials at airports and other international borders to conduct random ex officio searches of laptops, MP3 players, and cellular phones for illegally downloaded or "ripped" music and movies. Travelers with infringing content would be subject to a fine and may have their devices confiscated or destroyed.[2][5]
[edit] ISP cooperation
The leaked document includes a provision to force internet service providers to provide information about suspected copyright infringers without a warrant, making it easier for the record industry to sue music file sharers and for officials to shut down non-commercial BitTorrent websites such as The Pirate Bay.[7]
[edit] Enforcement
ACTA would create its own governing body outside existing international institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or the United Nations.[2][8]
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My name is Mud
Edited by DragonChaser (07/11/08 01:38 PM)
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 MHbound
Ballin Out At All Cost
Registered: 09/24/07
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Re: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement [Re: DragonChaser]
#8621984 - 07/11/08 01:48 PM (4 months, 22 days ago) |
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Hahahaha. I hope they try to search my laptop. I'll make it so the stupid pigs won't know how to get into it.
I can't believe this...One more privacy gone.
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Chemy
Ëmþàñädá §790.23
Registered: 10/05/07
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Re: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement [Re: MHbound]
#8622068 - 07/11/08 02:09 PM (4 months, 22 days ago) |
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I imagine very soon SRT teams will be kicking in doors all around the world while armed with M-16's to sieze computers because of the RIAA and Movie companies. This is sick.
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sudo apt-get install Barack-Obama
pu *.Bush
Deleted: B: /Bush/Patriot Act
Deleted: B: /Bush/NSA/AT&T/Warrantless Spying
Deleted: B: /Bush/Economy
Deleted: B: /Bush/Nukalur Weapons
Deleted: C: /Cheney/Control
Deleted: R: /Rice/Tool
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WornTraveler
Captain Cannabis
Registered: 06/15/08
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Re: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement [Re: Chemy]
#8622125 - 07/11/08 02:24 PM (4 months, 22 days ago) |
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The internet has been a lawless gray zone for years. It was only a matter of time before it came to this. 
We'll see how this works out... if it goes into actual law, I can see it as the first step among many to regulate the internet, including forums like this.
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beneath
Registered: 10/30/07
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Re: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement [Re: DragonChaser]
#8622813 - 07/11/08 05:26 PM (4 months, 22 days ago) |
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fuck that shit.
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