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.
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 piracy, 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
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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...
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—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 text
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.
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.
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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.
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.)
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
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Bypass Censorship
Software
Software projects geared towards circumventing censorship.
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.
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.
