Wikileaks Releases ACTA Negotiations As "0-Day"

An anonymous reader writes "Wikileaks has released a new document about the ACTA negotiations occurring in Washington over the next three days. This might be the shortest time between authorship of a document and its publication on Wikileaks so far. The brief 3-page memo, dated today, could add quite a bit of oil to the fire of the ACTA debate. It is titled Business Perspectives on Border Measures and Civil Enforcement and it contains a set of proposals to the 'ACTA negotiators' issued by 'Concerned business groups operating in ACTA nations.' Among many highly invasive methods and approaches proposed in this memorandum, the reader can find detailed demands for: full disclosure of relevant information by Customs to trademark holders so that they can mount private investigations; disclosure of identities and other information about copyright infringers; and increased inspection of goods. This document is especially important to raise public awareness on these negotiations and their implications for the future." We've been watching ACTA develop for a few months now.

Comments

wtf

[mattsqz]

so now a collection of 1's and 0's with a filename ending with .mp3 will be searched for as if it were a kilo of coke? this makes me happy to be a gun owner... when the sh1t goes down, you better be ready..

Re:wtf

[mattsqz]

getting OT here, but.. not all firearms are purchased from storefronts, many are bought/sold by individuals. and not all firearms are purchased at all...many AK's, for example, here in the US are built at home with a press and a blowtorch, using deactivated parts kits and do not need paperwork of any sort - or even a serial number - to be legal.

end?

[Anonymous Coward]

I used to wonder what the end of our free societies would look like.
Now I know it looks like ACTA

Re:wikileaks

[B3ryllium]

I was under the impression that ACTA was, in essence, an end-run around the constitution (or, in my case, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms) ...

Re:The Days of Internet Freedom

[snl2587]

I guess it's time for all of us to retreat to the FreeNet/DarkNet...which would consequently improve it greatly.

Re:The Days of Internet Freedom

[ShieldW0lf]

The days of Internet freedom are quite sadly coming to an end with these international movements toward information totalitarianism, unless the geeks of the world are able to effectively unite and push back.

Local renewable energy, Wireless mesh networks and RepRaps are a good place to start. It is really more about walking away than it is about pushing back. If all you do is protest and make demands based on the rights you feel entitled to, they own your soul. If you render these centralized industries irrelevant, they die of neglect.