ACTA makes me "uncomfortable". Very uncomfortable.

The fact that the sorry xxxxxxx's snuck around in the dark to strike this deal tells me that there is plenty of ill intent involved in it.

It will be abused like the US abuses the patriot act. THAT is why they did it in dark rooms, because if the people knew what kind of stuff they wanted to include in it the people would have had a fit.

Government of ANY nation has NO business in the internet. It will police itself. The only thing government will do is shut it down, and tax it. We need neither.

Im not saying piracy is ok but you will NOT stop it, all this will do is drive it underground. People will start using private dns servers etc.

Just another step government is taking to take away freedoms.

Bad news indeed
Aaron

Why would they censor or block Radioactive@home? This project isn't stealing gamma ray detector data from artists, it gets the data for free from its volunteers!

Do they think this is a pirate site just because Szopler's avatar wears a pirate hat? I'm gonna get me a pirate hat too.


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Dagorath, why don't you redo your avatar and put a pirate hat on ole bushie there, he already got the crossbones, you are half way there.

That is what is worrying people about this stupid law, is that they don't need a reason really, just someone to say shut it down.

Let's say there is 'illegal' activity going on on the server that this site is hosted on. The owners of this site have no clue it is happening, they are not involved, have nothing to do with it. The govt will come in and shut the entire thing down, not just that site, but also this site, all of it. Now this site which wasn't breaking the law gets hurt out of the deal too.

You are talking about politicians / people with big money buying them / power grabs and greed. Need I say more? Look how they warped the Patriot Act and how they are abusing it today. Do you really think with the track record governments have, they would not do the same thing with this law, stretch it, twist it, abuse it in their efforts to abuse you?

Some clown will put on their tinfoil hat, say this site is a national security risk or something totally stupid, play the 'technology export' game, and shut it down or they will search the terabyte drive it's hosted on, find an .mp3 that someone e mailed someone else two years ago, say it's illegal file sharing cost the artist 100 million dollars and go that way.

I know you and I have differing political views but both of us have to admit that when it comes to evil deeds such as this, BOTH sides are in bed with each other on doing this type of thing.

Aaron

Also, Krzysztof you claim that this law was done in secret and is being enforced in the EU. We are not seeing too much news about this in the US really. Can you please link a source of your information. I would like to post it in a few places here.

thank you
Aaron

I really hope the EU doesn't jump on this too! If they do, I'll move to Antarctica...
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We are not seeing too much news about this in the US really. Can you please link a source of your information.
thank you
Aaron

Dagorath, it's not that simple.
Obama is nobody's friend really. He says one thing one minute, the next turns around and does something different. He's no different than GWB or any other politician to be honest. For what it's worth, the two front runners for the repubs are no better.

The thing you have to realize is that they all huff and puff on the national stage for us little people to pick sides and fight, but behind their closed doors they are doing their dope deals with each other and WE the People lose out in the end. They are all in bed together. They all crave power over us, and when they say they are doing something 'for your own good' be afraid, be VERY afraid, nefarious deeds are in the making.

It is kind of like the WWF wrestling, they 'hate' each other on the camera but as soon as it stops rolling, they laugh, and go out together for a beer. Politicians are the same way.

Fortunately Anonymous took down a few of the US websites (good for them!!) and these morons got a real wake up call and decided to 'rethink' this act.

What that really means is that they tried to parade it for notoriety and it bit them in the ass. This time they will be sneaky about it and try to slide it in somewhere hoping not too many people are paying attention when they do. It appears the Europeans were a bit smarter and took this route the first time. Nobody ever accused American politicians of being intelligent.... just breathing. (except for dead kennedy heh)

As I said before, politicians R or D, both are filthy crooked and you can trust neither.

Aaron

A petition.
"To all Members of the EU Parliament:
As concerned global citizens, we call on you to stand for a free and open Internet and reject the ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which would destroy it. The Internet is a crucial tool for people around the world to exchange ideas and promote democracy. We urge you to show true global leadership and protect our rights."

http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet/

Good petition! I signed it, only takes a minute.

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I would sign it too but being I am not of europe, would it make a difference, would it help?

Aaron

The petition says:

To all Members of the EU Parliament:

As concerned global citizens, we call on you to stand for a free and open Internet and reject the ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which would destroy it. The Internet is a crucial tool for people around the world to exchange ideas and promote democracy. We urge you to show true global leadership and protect our rights.

cool. I went ahead and signed it. Let's hope their politicians have a bigger set than the whimpy US politicians and do the right thing.

An interesting decision today from the Supreme Court of Canada . The ruling effectively pushes back attempts by artists to force ISPs to censor Internet users by ruling that ISPs are not responsible for what their customers broadcast/publish on the Internet and are not subject to the Canadian Broadcast Act. The decision was based on the fact that ISPs are merely a conduit and do not take active part in deciding what to broadcast/publish.

So much for the uninformed notion that Canadians are a bunch of big government leftists and liberals. This decision clearly keeps the Canadian Government from intruding into the Internet via the Canadian Broadcast Act and establishes a sane laissez-faire definition of what ISPs are not responsible for in Canada. People south of Canada wishing to be governed in the same sane way should dissolve their own governments and petition Her Majesty's Canadian Government to annex their lands and provide governance. Canada would probably not grant the region status as a Province of Canada but would designate the area as something like "The Southern Territories".
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