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On November 3 2009, a war started. A war so possibly huge that it may destroy the whole Internet it self. ACTA was announced. The ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) is the first step towards Internet censorship. here is a brief summary of the act
That ISPs have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that it will be impossible to run a service like Flickr or JewTube or Blogger, since hiring enough lawyers to ensure that the mountain of material uploaded every second isn't infringing will exceed any hope of profitability.
That ISPs have to cut off the Internet access of accused copyright infringes or face liability. This means that your entire family could be denied to the Internet -- and hence to civic participation, health information, education, communications, and their means of earning a living -- if one member is accused of copyright infringement, without access to a trial or counsel.
That 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.
Currently these Countries are in the ACTA Program : "Participants in the first round of negotiations (June 2008) included Australia, Canada, EU, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States."
If this is not worth fighting for, then what is
TL;DR : Here
Getting the word out
Copypastas (Ways to inform the masses)
brand new Copypasta
"shortened for lulz and effectiveness"
Hello Anonymous and the Internet. I would advise you to wake up to whats coming to harm our web. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, OR "ACTA" treaty being proposed in secret at the international level, could, and would if passed, ruin our free Internet as we currently know it. In short, this would enforce a "3-strikes and you're out" policy that would result in you and your family being banned from Internet access if you get 3 "accusations" from anybody, of copyright infringement.
ISPs would now be forced by legal liability to police the web for copyrighted data, and take-down anything that would be assumed copyrighted, and that includes just about any data online since anything may "possibly" be copyrighted. So what this would result in, would be the end of all user generated-based websites. Such as Youtube, Myspace, Rapidshare, Blogs, even the Chans! Finally this would give police around the world strict new powers to confiscate your electronic devices at national and state borders. And if they happen to find copyrighted material on them they may destroy your device and send you the fine! It is time we stand up for our Internet before it is gone. Come join us, in fighting this tyranny!
Here are some news links that can be read at your disposal....
http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/policy-laundering/
http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/1...you-chills.html
And if you still don't believe us, The Official Doc. of ACTA : http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/factsheets/2008/asset_upload_file760_15084.pdf
Do your part anon, do your part in the fight to save our web. This is truly the greatest conflict or threat the Internet has ever faced, do not merely sit there, stand up and fight before we lose it all...
Copy-Pasta for V.I.P People, Like Admins of Great sites.
To whom it may concern-
As a user of the Internet, I am concerned with the proposals of the ACTA. If you do not already know, The ACTA (Anti-counterfeiting trade agreement), is an international treaty that is threatening to enact these new international laws:
- That ISPs have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that it will be impossible to run a service like Flickr or YouTube or Blogger, since hiring enough lawyers to ensure that the mountain of material uploaded every second isn't infringing will exceed any hope of profitability.
- That ISPs have to cut off the Internet access of accused copyright infringers or face liability. This means that your entire family could be denied to the Internet -- and hence to civic participation, health information, education, communications, and their means of earning a living -- if one member is accused of copyright infringement, without access to a trial or counsel.
- That the whole world must adopt US-style "notice-and-take-down" 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.
- Mandatory prohibitions on breaking DRM, even if doing so for a lawful purpose (e.g., to make a work available to disabled people; for archival preservation; because you own the copyrighted work that is locked up with DRM) " (http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html)
These laws would of course, mean that your website (as well as other sites such as YouTube, flickr and facebook) must be shut down- otherwise, all admins and mods on these (and your) websites would be international criminals.
Some pages with extra information on the ACTA ( To use as you will)
http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/1...you-chills.html
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/policy-laundering/
http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html
http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/acta/
Hopefully you can see how this will effect you and anyone else who uses the Internet.
Thank you Anonymous.
For general Internet
Hello Internet Citizen. I would advise you to wake up to whats coming to harm our web. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, OR "ACTA" treaty being proposed in secret at the International level, could, and would if passed, ruin our free Internet as we currently know it. in short, this would enforce a 3-strikes and your out policy that would result in you being banned from web access if you get 3 "accusations" from anybody of copyright infringement. ISPs would now be forced by legal liability to police the web for copyrighted data, and take-down anything that would be assumed copyrighted, and that includes just about any data online since anything may "possibly" be copyrighted. So what this would result in, would be the end of all user generated-based websites. Such as Youtube, Myspace, Rapidshare, even Blogs! Finally this would give police around the world strict new powers to confiscate your electronic devices at national and state borders. And if they happen to find copyrighted material on them they may take your device and send you the fine! It is time we stand up for our Internet before it is gone. Come join us, in fighting this tyranny!
Here are some news links that can be read at your disposal....
http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/policy-laundering/
http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/1...you-chills.html
And if you still don't believe us, The Official Doc. of ACTA : http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/factsheets/2008/asset_upload_file760_15084.pdf
Do your part anon, do your part in the fight to save our web. This is truly the greatest conflict or threat the Internet has ever faced, do not merely sit there, stand up and fight before we lose it all.....
Serious Copypasta
To whom it may concern.
As a user of the Internet, I am very concerned about the very secretive proposed trade agreement, ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). This is an international treaty, the draft of which has been recently leaked, that proposes some radical and potentially disastrous changes to international copyright law, and the way Internet service providers do business.
- Currently, Internet service providers are not held liable for the actions of their customers. ACTA will make ISPs responsible for enforcement of the new legal framework put forth. They will have to police copyright on user-contributed material. This could potentially put an end to sites that depend on such content (Youtube, Flickr, Blogger) due to the impossibility of monitoring the amount of data involved for infringing materials. The only practical option for the ISP would be to block access entirely.
- ISPs will be asked to take a ‘three strikes’ approach, and will have to disconnect users that have been accused of copyright infringements three times, as will be required by law. The user will be disconnected without trial, an opportunity to defend themselves, or even any hard evidence.
- The whole world must adopt US-style "notice-and-takedown" rules that require ISPs to remove any material that is claimed to be infringing, without evidence or trial. This has proved a disaster in the US and other countries, where it provides an easy method of censoring certain people and their websites – just by claiming a copyright violation.
- Stronger laws about breaking DRM measures will be brought into effect, even if you have a legitimate reason to be doing so.
This treaty isn’t just about ‘preventing piracy and stopping hackers’. The large content distributors have become greedy, and wish to nullify the prominent role the Internet has on entertainment as a whole in the modern world. They can smell their precious money slipping through of their fingers and aren’t afraid to manipulate the democratic process to avoid that. Hopefully you can see how their greed will affect you, me, and anyone else that uses the internet. They know that if this treaty becomes common knowledge before being passed, there will be an outcry – that’s why it has been kept secret so long. The passing of this treaty will be disastrous to the Internet as it exists today. It would end the free reign we have had to speak our minds without fear of censorship. Do we really want to follow China’s example with Internet policies?
This entire debacle is just another demonstration of how little democracy exists in today’s corporate controlled world, so let’s try take a little bit of it back. Fight ACTA.
-A concerned citizen of the Internet.
Dear Friends,
I have just read and signed the online petition:
"Stop ATCA Now!"
hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition service, at:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/stopatca/
I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing yourself.
Best wishes,
Your name here
Raid Plan
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Tools
- Dangerous Kitten (For general use, Has almost all basic things.)
- Youflood (For Youtube View Floods.)
- Good IRC Client (We Will mayby Change from stupid Tinychat to IRC.)
- Firefox, (Add-ons, 'nuff said.)
Enemies
- U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab
- Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA)
- Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA)
- Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
- Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA)
- Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
- Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Time Warner
- News Corp
- Sony Corp of America
- Walt Disney Co
Dox
- U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab
Name: Susan C. Schwab
Address (home preferred): 4 Market Quay, Annapolis, MD 21401
Telephone Numbers: Office: 301-405-6347 Home: 410-280-5259 Cell: 202-415-2512 Fax 410-295-9456
Committee: United States Air Force Academy Board of Visitors
Position: Member
Appointment Category: Regular Government Employee
- Rep. Mary Bono
Main offices Washington, D.C. 104 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-5330 Fax: (202) 225-2961
Palm Springs 707 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way Suite #9 Palm Springs, CA 92262 Phone: (760) 320-1076 Fax: (760) 320-0596
Hemet 1600 E. Florida Ave. Suite 301 Hemet, CA 92544 Phone: (951) 658-2312 Fax: (951) 652-2562
- Bob Goodlatte
Harrisonburg Office:
2 South Main Street Suite A, First Floor Harrisonburg, VA 22801 (540)432-2391 (540) 432-6593 fax
Lynchburg Office: 916 Main Street Suite 300 Lynchburg, VA 24504 (434) 845-8306 (434) 845-8245 fax
Roanoke Office: 10 Franklin Road, SE Suite 540 Roanoke, VA 24011 (540) 857-2672 (540) 857-2675 fax
Staunton Office: 7 Court Square Staunton, VA 24401 (540) 885-3861 (540) 885-3930 fax
Washington, DC Office: 2240 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-5431 (202) 225-9681 fax
- Adam Schiff
Washington D.C. Office 2447 Rayburn House Office Building Washington D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4176 Facsimile: (202) 225-5828
Pasadena Office 87 N. Raymond Ave. #800 Pasadena, California 91103 Phone: (626) 304-2727 Facsimile: (626) 304-0572
- Marsha Blackburn
Washington Office: 217 Cannon Building Washington, D.C. 20515 202-225-2811 202-225-3004 fax
Clarksville Office: 1850 Memorial Dr. Clarksville, TN 37043 931-503-0391 931-503-0393 fax
Memphis Office: 7975 Stage Hills Blvd. Suite 1 Memphis, TN 38133 901-382-5811 901-373-8215 fax
Franklin Office: City Hall Mall 109 3rd Avenue South Suite 117 Franklin, TN 37064 615-591-5161 615-599-2916 fax
- Time Warner Inc.
One Time Warner Center New York, NY10019-8016 212.484.8000
Washington Office*
Congressman Howard L. Berman
2221 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4695
Fax: (202) 225-3196
Hours: 9 A.M. - 6 P.M. EST, Mon-Fri
District Office: 14546 Hamlin Street, Suite 202 Van Nuys, CA 91411 Phone: 818-994-7200 Fax: 818-994-1050
- Due to prior anthrax contamination, safety procedures require all mail sent to my Washington Office to be irradiated. This procedure delays the delivery of mail by approximately two weeks. If you need an immediate response, please contact my District Office.
Backup plan
In case things get really out of hand and sites get blocked/people cut off for the slightest mistake. Mostly last resort guerilla warfare.
1) Revive Meshnet as this could come in handy quite soon.
2) Download anything needed from Insurgency, because it may get closed down quickly.
3) Make a Back-up IRC channel, disguise it as a Normal Channel
Site Information
To Do
- Google bomb.
Make the search strings 'ACTA' and 'Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement' have these links as the top results.
http://www.eff.org/issues/acta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XoFGApjhFE
http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2009/11/actadoc1.pdf
I'm working on something, recommendations on where to place a link farm would be nice. QueegTheTerminator.
Directing the google searches to anything linked to anonymous is a pretty retarded idea I think.
