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Introduction

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
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.
  • ISP 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.

ACTA Abridged

file:acta2010.pdf

ACTA Links

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.

Corporations

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Governments

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Individuals

  • Tim Couch
  • Zensursula
  • Tim Kuik
  • Stephon Conroy (Autralian broadband minister)
  • Li Yizhong (Li Yizhong is the incumbent Minister of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China.)
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NGO's

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Software

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Who is on our side?

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.)
  • Pirate Party

Individuals

  • Vinton Cerf
  • Sir Tim Berners-Lee,
  • Richard R. Wiebe
  • Richard M. Hall (Moby)

NGO's

  • Cooley Godward LLP
  • EFF (Surveillance Self-Defense)
  • Intellectual Property Group at Fenwick & West LLP
  • Keker & Van Nest LLP
  • Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF)
  • Free Software Foundation (FSF)
  • Stanford Center for Law, Science and Technology
  • Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at Boalt Hall School of Law
  • UC Berkeley and an Acting Clinical Professor of Law
  • University of Miami School of Law
  • OpenNet Initiative
  • Wikileaks global defense of sources and press freedoms
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What can I do?

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?

See Project_IFM

Bypass Censorship

Software

Software projects geared towards circumventing censorship.

Websites

Operations

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.
  • South Africa possible Clean Feed.
    • Australia faggotry all over again.
Interesting
  • We will soon have one for Comcast.
    • They threaten the security of the Internet.
  • Canadian's incoming legislation
    • This has to do with making the use of circumventing drm for any use illegal
|} Category:Projects Category:Raids Category:Project Skynet garbageGoogle and Verizon

Governments

Individuals

  • Tim Couch
  • Zensursula
  • Tim Kuik
  • Stephon Conroy (Autralian broadband minister)
  • Li Yizhong (Li Yizhong is the incumbent Minister of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China.)

NGO's

Software

Who is on our side?

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.)
  • Pirate Party

Individuals

  • Vinton Cerf
  • Sir Tim Berners-Lee,
  • Richard R. Wiebe
  • Richard M. Hall (Moby)

NGO's

  • Cooley Godward LLP
  • EFF (Surveillance Self-Defense)
  • Intellectual Property Group at Fenwick & West LLP
  • Keker & Van Nest LLP
  • Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF)
  • Free Software Foundation (FSF)
  • Stanford Center for Law, Science and Technology
  • Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at Boalt Hall School of Law
  • UC Berkeley and an Acting Clinical Professor of Law
  • University of Miami School of Law
  • OpenNet Initiative
  • Wikileaks global defense of sources and press freedoms
Update this with a link here, and distribute, plox

What can I do?

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?

See Project_IFM

Bypass Censorship

Software

Software projects geared towards circumventing censorship.

Websites

Operations

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.
  • South Africa possible Clean Feed.
    • Australia faggotry all over again.
  • We will soon have one for Comcast.
    • They threaten the security of the Internet.
  • Canadian's incoming legislation
    • This has to do with making the use of circumventing drm for any use illegal

Category:Projects Category:Raids Category:Project Skynet

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