US Plots "Pirate Bay Killer" Trade Agreement

An anonymous reader sends word that Wikileaks has revealed that the United States is plotting a 'Pirate Bay killing' multi-lateral trade agreement, called 'ACTA,' with the EU, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Switzerland and New Zealand. "The proposal includes clauses designed to criminalize the non-profit facilitation of copyrighted information exchange on the Internet, which would also affect transparency sites such as Wikileaks. The Wikileaks document details provisions that would impose strict enforcement of intellectual property rights related to Internet activity and trade in information-based goods. If adopted, the treaty would impose a strong, top-down enforcement regime imposing new cooperation requirements upon Internet service providers, including perfunctory disclosure of customer information, as well as measures restricting the use of online privacy tools."

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Dear Susan Schwab:

[morgan_greywolf]

Dear Susan Schwab:

- 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)

Thanks much for the list of people to shoot^H^H^H^H^Hwrite nasty letters to!

Love ya!
MG

Re:Can't put that genie back into the bottle

[jeiler]

I never said it was OK to do anything illegal. Perhaps if you stop kicking puppies and actually read what I said, clarity will ensue.

Re:Can't put that genie back into the bottle

[cayenne8]

"This produces a shitpile of money for private prison contractors. Any time private interests profit from incarcerating your citizens, you know that things are seriously fucked up."

I keep hearing this, but, I've never known of a prison that wasn't owned/run by the state. Where are these private industry prisons I keep hearing about?

I'm pretty sure places like Angola (LA), or Cummins (AR) are all state owned and operated....

Re:Can't put that genie back into the bottle

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh for fuck's sake! The OP isn't trying to infringe on the sovereignty of the mighty nation of Sweden. Get off your anti-US-centric high horse before you fall and look like a bigger jackass. Since the treaty most likely sprang from the pens of US policy makers stuffed full of cash by the robber-barons of the content industry--in large part based in the US--the US government will likely attempt to strong arm other nations into signing the treaty on the behalf of the aforementioned rich guys. Nations like Sweden.