ACTA, or the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is a proposed trade agreement which is theorized by some to be the Final Boss of the Internet. Its proponents claim the treaty to be a response "to the increase in global trade of counterfeit goods and pirated copyright protected works." In other words, pirates, it's time to walk the plank.



ACTA is a ... large scale, criminal activity. It is ... about limiting civil liberties or harassing consumers.

—ACTA's website

Saturday, August 28, 2010

The specifics of the treaty are being kept secret from you, despite efforts to reveal information about it. Even FOIA requests have been stymied, due to 'National Security'. Thank you, Black Jesus. In case you didn't know, it's not on par with snitching, but denying FOIA requests is fucking bourgie. Here's what was released.
tl;dr The following is what we've been able to learn so far.


You have 10 seconds to comply.
ACTA member countries will be required to provide for third-party (Internet Intermediary) liability. This means ISPs will face heightened liability for websites that even link to allegedly infringing content. Websites would have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that Flickr, YouTube or even our beloved ED would have to employ a phalanx of lawyers to ensure that the mountain of material uploaded every second isn't infringing on anyone's copyright. Or they could just shut down. ISP-level content filtering could boil down to spiders that scan and check your hard drives to ensure copyright compliance.


One of the more aggregious aspects of the ACTA is it's MPAA-sponsored Three Strikes amendment, wherein a user would face a year-long ISP-level ban after being accused of infringement three times by a copyright holder. No evidence would be required, only suspicion. See: DMCA trolls wet dream


The whole world must adopt US-style "notice-and-takedown" rules that require ISPs to remove any material that is accused - again, without evidence or trial - of infringing copyright. This has proved a disaster in the US and other countries, where it provides an easy means of censoring material, just by accusing it of infringing copyright.


Standards to be Employed by Customs for Uniform Rights Enforcement (SECURE) is the provision that requires customs officials to enforce international law. Now instead of just the usual cavity search for WMDs, you can fork over your iPhone and your Zune. Just kidding, no one owns a Zune.
 

The treaty suggests that customs officers should be given the right to search laptops and media players for pirated material.
 

 
Now, before you start twisting us up a tinfoil dunce cap, check out what's already on the books. The treaty would increase pressure on publicly paid customs officials to enforce what is essentially a private civil matter. Instead of paying their lawyers to go after copyright and trademark infringers, they're sculpting legislation to make the public pay for it.
 

PURPOSE. To provide guidance and standard operating procedures for searching, reviewing, retaining, and sharing information contained in computers, disks, drives, tapes, mobile phones and other communication devices, cameras, music and other media players, and any other electronic or digital devices, encountered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the border, both inbound and outbound, to ensure compliance with customs, immigration, and other laws that CBP is authorized to enforce.

These searches are part of CBP's long-standing practice and are essential to enforcing the law at the U.S. border. Searches of electronic devices help detect evidence relating to terrorism and other national security matters, human and bulk cash smuggling, contraband, and child pornography. They can also reveal information about financial and commercial crimes, such as those relating to copyright, trademark and export control violations. Finally, searches at the border are often integral to a determination of admissibility under the immigration laws.
 

 
—U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, CBP DIRECTIVE NO. 3340-049






credits to ED

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  17. More people should pay attention to ACTA instead of ignoring it like most do. Is anyone going to post some constructive comments? lol

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  18. To be honest, can't say I didn't see it coming.

    However, the means by which they wish to accomplish this (particularly that of deploying spiders to scan hard-drives) is beyond wrong. It's a direct violation of our privacy, and for what, to protect big business and their over-priced soft-ware?

    Fuck Washington and their lobbyists, shit needs to stop. They should be using their time to solve the life and death problems actually plaguing the country.

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  20. somebody needs to blow themselves up and sacraftice themselve against these monsters

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  21. What the fuck man they are really worried about the internet more than everyday problems? dumbasses..

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  22. Oh I hope they do not block the internet!
    I already have enough of that back home.
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  23. This is stupid, hopefully it will never happen.

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  24. just another example of when they go too far

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  25. The problem with the ACTA is that you can't actively monitor internet. What's next? Laws to force you to pay part of your income to media industry?

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  26. Have you heard dan bull death to ACTA song? this in the near future is going to cause alot of problems for us internet users

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  27. It has begun. Started out small, like certain videos being blocked in certain countries, but now it has truly begun.

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