Have you guys heard of this ACTA crap?

[yourmistakes]

I somehow haven't heard of this [acta] until now. Honestly, it kinda scares the Chocolate Cupcake out of me.
The ACTA is an international agreement officially intended to establish new standards on enforcing intellectual property rights. ACTA would create a separate governing body outside of existing international organizations such as WTO (World Trade Organization), WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and the UN (United Nations).
Though the bulk of the negotiations and resulting documents have been kept secret with virtually no transparency, it is clear from leaked and released statements and documents that ACTA has the potential to infringe upon privacy, civil liberties, legitimate commerce, innovation and freedom on the internet. Organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Free Knowledge Institute (FKI) and the Black Hat Foundation (BHF) have already spoken out against the ACTA and the possible implications against internet freedom. The American University Washington College of Law even said that they found "that the terms of the publicly released draft of ACTA threatens numerous public interests, including every concern specifically disclaimed by negotiators."
The internet is an invaluable tool to commerce and communication, but it is also much more than that. It is a refuge to entire cultures and a place that many choose to call their true home. Moreover, it is used ot spread vast amounts of information the value of which cannot be quantified or measured. Whether an email to a mother, an inspiring video reaching out to thousands, a new philosophy or a radical idea, this sort of information represents the lifeblood of personal interaction and social organization.

To learn more, visit:
http://www.anti-acta.com/
http://www.eff.org/issues/acta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Count ... _Agreement
The August '10 draft leak: http://keionline.org/sites/default/file ... g25_dc.pdf

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Yes we have.

[Lt. KLAG [24th.KDF]]

The internet is an invaluable tool to commerce and communication, but it is also much more than that. It is a refuge to entire cultures and a place that many choose to call their true home.

Well ... if you look carefully to history, Cold War issues gave birth to what we consider nowadays as Internet "land of freedom" ...
Dig up a bit, it was a bit biased from the very start ...

[Arphetic]

Internet isnt free, theres a low in the US, that basicly gives them the power to take over when neccesary.

[Jaxad0127]

Internet isnt free, theres a low in the US, that basicly gives them the power to take over when neccesary.

[citation needed]

[Arphetic]

Internet isnt free, theres a low in the US, that basicly gives them the power to take over when neccesary.

[citation needed]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_10995 is the closest I got to atm , its another one that goes over internet though

[Jaxad0127]

Internet isnt free, theres a low in the US, that basicly gives them the power to take over when neccesary.

[citation needed]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_10995 is the closest I got to atm , its another one that goes over internet though

Executive orders aren't law and that was among the ones rescinded by Nixon.

[yourmistakes]

either way, if you aren't in australia or china (internet there is already censored) then this will most likely adversely affect your rights.

[yourmistakes]

Duck i feel like a goddamn hipster

[Derpella]

Hah.
And when my friend told me about it then, I thought he was paranoid.