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Leaked ACTA Treaty to Outlaw P2P?
miowpurr writes to tell us that a draft of the ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) has been posted on Wikileaks. Among others, Boing Boing's Cory Doctorow has weighed in on the possible ramifications of this treaty. "Among other things, ACTA will outlaw P2P (even when used to share works that are legally available, like my books), and crack down on things like region-free DVD players. All of this is taking place out of the public eye, presumably with the intention of presenting it as a fait accompli just as the ink is drying on the treaty."
Those who believe the Internet is private,
find their privates are on the Internet.
I swear to God, if Harper signs this, I am going to skull fuck him.
Bring it on CESIS, I'm ready and waiting!
"How can we outlaw P2P? A lot of people use it for legitimately trading legal content."
"Exactly. We make legally trading content illegal, then we'll catch those copyright infringers."
"But if you outlaw legal file-sharing you set a dangerous precendent and risk a horrific backlash from the populous."
"Look, you want this kickback or not?"
Those who believe the Internet is private,
find their privates are on the Internet.
yeah, but doesn't software piracy contribute to terrorism? It's funding terrorism!!! If you download movies you're helping the terrorists, YOU ARE ONE!!
;)
Think about it.. You're taking money out of the hands of our good old American corporate friends. Yes, they're our friends! They provide us with quality entertainment. And did I mention it's free? Well not free free, but free as in free speech.
When you download music, movies, and software illegally you're going against free speech and everything that makes America great! And you're helping the terrorist by wearing away our perfect capitalistic system. Basically every download is just one step more towards the end of western civilization. Is that what you really want?? You terrorist downloaders you!
"...The agreement does not cover currency fraud..."
So that's still OK because it's not a copyright violation.
That was funny to read. Once. Now you're just spamming it everywhere. Fuck off with a steampunk dildo and die.
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
...if this gets signed, will it kill off MediaDefender's business model?
Well, of course a phone conversation is a P2P interaction. You can't ban all phone conversations. That is anti-industry. I'm sure the lawyers will sort this out. It should be just a matter of allowing content free conversations to take place. So allowed would be:
'Wazzup?' 'Dunno.'
Whereas absolutely illegal would be: 'Help. Help. The building is on fire.' Not only does that convey data, it is also spreading despondency and alarm. However, it could become legal to phone movie the fire, transmit it to a TV studio, and once they have the royalties sorted out, they alert the authorities who in turn ring the fire department. (On a B2B or blob to blob basis. Blobs have area and are not points. Blobs are not lumps of data. Blobs have CEOs running them. Blobs are good. Points are bad....)
Can you say 'one world government by proxy' ?
No. Proxies are now outlawed too.
PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
OH GOD THEY'RE COMING TO GET ME!
Please God Please God I live to see events like this, make this happen. Just so I can laugh my ass off for days.
Depends. Did Disney make a cartoon about it?
Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.
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Godwinned.
Seriously....the govt obviously has no ear nor idea of representing the population any longer.
I guess everybody, needs to incorporate themselves, and band together to lobby to try to get some individual rights again....
Apparently, the individual citizen doesn't matter as much as the corps...so, lets lawyer up and suit up in corporations...to fight on more even ground? Heck why not....you can pay less taxes that way at the very least....
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
which "god" are you talking about? there's so many
Are you seriously trying to tell me that the Venn diagram of Pirate Bay users and marijuana users is not a pair of concentric circles, with the Pirate Bay circle very much on the inside?