The war on the Internet continues big time: It's called ACTA

Digg - SOPA and PIPA have been shelved, however, the government’s plan to censor the public is an ongoing threat. It’s disconcerting that each government is initiating censorship tactics spontaneously while attacking our fundamental rights.

Have you met the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement aka: ACTA? — an international trade agreement negotiated by the EU, the United States, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Australia, among others whose supposed sole purpose is to forge ahead with tackling counterfeited goods and copyright infringement.


This treaty is SOPA and PIPA on steroids globally censoring the public world wide. They are allowed to negotiate in secret and  force other countries into implementing file sharing policies with a 3 strikes you’re out practice while net filtering.  Opponents are critical saying ACTA’s removal of “legal safeguards that protect Internet Service Providers from liability for the actions of their subscribers” in effect giving ISPs no option but to comply with privacy invasions.

Further more, existing ISPs may no longer host free software that can access copyrighted media, and DRM protected media would not be legally playable with free software.

Good video on ACTA

Stop ACTA