Project Skynet

Project Skynet

“   The impending threat of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and the implications on our freedom and access to information and resources has brought us to this point. This is an intended declaration of war, [and] we will not stop until this global legislation has been terminated.   „   - Anonymous

	ACTA Fuck Internet Censorship Date May 2010 Target ACTA Casus belli Internet Censorship Result n/a IRC helldive #skynet /i/ 1 RSC /i/ 2 808 IRC OR DIE
	Introduction ACTA, the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is an international treaty--being drafted mainly in secret--in order to stifle internet anonymity and freedom. In the name of combating privacy, they are trading liberty for some security; they are seeking for increased surveillance and more strict copyright laws in order to protect the vast profits of those industries that rely on intellectual property   “   Her friend said it was o.k. to download the new movie. Yes, kids can be irresponsible and so can governments! Proposed ACTA legislation will immediately invade your privacy and put your family at risk of onerous penalties or even jail time! A law brought to you by Sony, MGM and other large media companies. Should your privacy be a risk for a record company? We think there's a better way...   „   —A look at the future Should she go to jail? Should the government spy on your honor student? Why is a record company spying on your daughter?
	How it can affect you It increases the chances of getting your devices taken away: Portable media players that support free formats are less common than devices which support DRM, such as the iPod. Will this make them suspicious to border guards? It creates a culture of surveillance and suspicion, in which the freedom that is required to produce free software is seen as dangerous and threatening rather than creative, innovative, and exciting. Makes streaming or downloading a movie/game/music a FEDERAL crime and not a civil matter I.E No longer Accused vs Movie Corporation but U.S Government Vs Accused + Accused vs Movie Corporation in two separate trials. IPS will be fined if their customer had illegally downloaded copyrighted media, This will force ISP to monitor users Full ACTA test Following months of small Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement leaks, the full consolidated ACTA texthas now been posted online. The consolidated text provides a clear indication of how the negotiations have altered earlier proposals as well as the first look at several other ACTA elements. For example, last spring it was revealed that several countries had proposed including a de minimus provision to counter fears that the border measures chapter would lead to iPod searching border guards. The leak shows there are four proposals on the table. Download Mirrors Megaupload Depositfiles Badongo zShare
“   JASA proposes that the ban, covering TV but also mobile phones and the web, could be implemented in the form of filters set by internet service providers. Countries such as Australia and China have already developed filters to block access to certain websites.   „   —See the "Talk" page for more information	Who is doing it? This assault on your liberties has many perpetrators, all of whom must be dealt with accordingly. They are listed in brief below. Corporations AT&T Bell Canada [1] Comcast Time Warner Walt Disney Verizon Virgin Nokia and Siemens Church of $cientology T-Com (and even moar in Germany) look this Zensur Provider Sony Acer Asus BenQ Lenovo Jinhui Computer System Engineering Ltd. [2] Governments Australia Ukraine China Iran Spain Turkey Germany Individuals Tim Couch Zensursula Tim Kuik Stephon Conroy (Autralian broadband minister) Li Yizhong (Li Yizhong is the incumbent Minister of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China.) NGO's Internet Watch Foundation Software Green Dam Youth Escort
	Who is on our side? On the bright side, there are those who stand on the side of internet freedom, net neutrality, and fair, reasonable copyright laws -- and, consequentially, they are none too fond of ACTA. Corporations Google (Google can be both a friend and an enemy. They are all for net neutrality but will block search queries and will have youtube videos deleted (they own youtube). EBay Cherry Lane Digital Lotus Development Corporation Governments Internet Freedom Preservation Act 2008 (HR 5353) Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) Pirate Party Individuals Vinton Cerf Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Richard R. Wiebe Richard M. Hall (Moby) NGO's Cooley Godward LLP EFF (Surveillance Self-Defense) Intellectual Property Group at Fenwick & West LLP Keker & Van Nest LLP Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF) Stanford Center for Law, Science and Technology Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at Boalt Hall School of Law UC Berkeley and an Acting Clinical Professor of Law University of Miami School of Law OpenNet Initiative Wikileaks global defense of sources and press freedoms
	What can I do? There are some things you can do to help. Here are those things, plus information you may need to know. What to do right now? At any given time, there should be an operation that is paramount in importance. While all the time it would be a good idea to spam infographics about ACTA, links to this page, etc, current raids will be listed below N/A Bypass Censorship Software Software projects geared towards circumventing censorship. The Censorware Project Haystack Project Tor Freenet Meshnet Websites List of web proxy sites *WARNING: These may not be anonymous! See logProxy for details on how they can be dangerous. Operations Fighting against ACTA encompasses an incredibly broad variety of targets. To simplify, various individual operations are being formulated with specific goals. These are located below. Operation Didgeridie Has come to an end. Further destructive operations needed. Operation: CyberDyne Solutions The constructive operation of Skynet. Operation: Ceiling Cat Agains The EU Project Indect South Africa possible Clean Feed. Australia faggotry all over again. http://rockstararmy.com/net/res/43.html Need more dox. Interesting We will soon have one for Comcast. They threaten the security of the Internet. http://rockstararmy.com/net/res/38.html Read this shit and participate. Canadian's incoming legislation This has to do with making the use of circumventing drm for any use illegal http://rockstararmy.com/net/res/47.html Let's help out our Canadian friends stop this from happening. http://rockstararmy.com/i/res/1063.html IRL raids are in the plan. We will make this as big as Chanology. We are also looking for more capital buildings outside of North America to host protests.

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