In the lieu of SOPA/PIPA protest, the ACTA Agreement is adopted

[xist]

It does seem that this has slipped under the radar of most people, especially given the amount of time it's been worked on. However, what state of activity is it in? Europe is extremely picky about wording of treatise, and with a treaty this size covering so many things (border control alongside internet policing) across so many countries it's going to take forever to ratify.

As far as recent UK activity about this goes all i've really seen is a couple of petitions(if approved the subject is discussed in Parliament), this one is the larger of the two.

Anyone seen this as well?

http://torrentfreak.com/us-threatened-to-blacklist-spain-for-not-implementing-site-blocking-law-120105/

 

[Ace]

Seeing how ACTA appears to be a treaty, this only affects countries that CHOOSE to adopt anything in ACTA.
Unfortunately, that'll be many countries...

 

[PolloDiablo]

Seeing how ACTA appears to be a treaty, this only affects countries that CHOOSE to adopt anything in ACTA.
Unfortunately, that'll be many countries...

in the end, it's the same for all.... if you stop uploading files because your country adopted ACTA, other people that live in a "free ACTA" country couldnt download your files.

My first guess is that all of this situation will end in a internet were it's more difficult to access certain content. People that doenst really know much about internet will end just using email services, facebook and all those kind of social network bullshit. In the other hand, people that really know what they are doing: hackers, and people that have knogledge about internet (all of the gbatemp users, for example) will end up, in someway or another, getting all the free shit that they want. But it will be more difficult to do so.

About "privacy"... mmmm, I really dont know how much privacy we have using email services, social networks, forums and those stuff. It's clearly that if the FBI wants to fuck you up, they will do it no matter what.

 

[Thesolcity]

C'mon, where's anonymous when we need them. They should be crapping all over these people's heads.

>Leave it to somebody else.

Yep, that method has TOTALLY worked in cases of serious rights infringement.

 

[GundamXXX]

Its funny because ACTA has always been a bigger threat then SOPA/PIPA and nobody cared until now....

If you oppose this then go to your government, punch the guys in the balls and tell them youll keep doing it until they change their mind. Alternativly you can go protest at the European Union


Dont let Anon or Wiki or anyone do the work but involve yourself in it

 

[Deleted User]

If this goes ahead I imagine there's going to be a fight.

 

[Satangel]

We better do it.

Sorry, but those 3 bills wouldn't change a thing. People would still download illegal files like before. In other words, those bills would serve no purpose. Not only those bills would be unable to stop piracy, but even if they did, piracy would adapt and they'd be back to square one.

You can't defeat piracy, it's a battle they can't win no matter what.

QFT. You can't defeat piracy. You can only try to make it less easy, but piracy will be around as long as mankind lives.

 

[Shadow&Light]

They don't have enough jails to lock ALL the world up... Yes, of course it's something very important, this kind of infringment to privacy it's quite alarming... And now it's almost official.

Only we can stop this, don't let anyone else do what you can do, if we all shout at the same time, WE WILL BE HEARD!
There's still time, it fall in our hand the responsability to defend our rights, to defend our privacy

 

[Gagarin]

Nobody heard about it, because it was a government secret. They started to draft it in 2007 (?????) but both, Bush and Obama decided not to go public with that because it would jeopardize a national security.

Some countries decided to sign it right away, some like Poland tried to sign in in secret from the public by their government.

People who said that it will not stop internet piracy are only half right. Sure, people still will bootleg games and movies, but times when it was so simple are over.
Try now, with major 3 file sharing hosts down to download 45 GB PS3 game?

 

[Theraima]

Where are everyone pulling these stupid agreements/treatys/laws serioulsy.. I agree, none of these would shut down piracy, it would make pirating stuff less easier. True.

If this passes, I bet they will make some "changes" to it. I do not like this at all.

 

[GundamXXX]

Nobody heard about it, because it was a government secret. They started to draft it in 2007 (?????) but both, Bush and Obama decided not to go public with that because it would jeopardize a national security.

Some countries decided to sign it right away, some like Poland tried to sign in in secret from the public by their government.

People who said that it will not stop internet piracy are only half right. Sure, people still will bootleg games and movies, but times when it was so simple are over.
Try now, with major 3 file sharing hosts down to download 45 GB PS3 game?

Euhm ACTA has been leaked a load of times so if you dont know it its because you are uninformed
Nothing about it has been a secret since most of it is known for a while. Its opposition only now gained momentum (way too late) due to the SOPA/PIPA objections

 

[Izzy011]

I feel like SOPA/PIPA was just a distraction for THIS.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

uh oh...the countries are already starting to have solidarity.....New World Order anyone?

So now, they want to monitor our cellphones, computers, media players and censor internet (and I'm not even talking about flashcards)... They should maybe think about 'privacy' before 'piracy'...

hmm....censored internet and every form of communication is monitored...Looking more and more like Mirrors Edge every day.

Rebels need to put away their keyboard and unholster their guns. Points need to be made. NOW. Before we live in complete communism during our generation!!!

There needs to be a "violent and bloody revolution" as quoted from Carl Marx. We cannot keep being oppressed like this!!!!!!


PS - THIS IS WHY Google, Facebook, and Apple met with the president in a closed door meeting.

 

[Coto]

Just noticed I got my post deleted.

Who cares, let people decide what it'll be:

This means it will be just the beggining.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

ACTA might even block SHUTDOWN GBATEMP due to it being "beligerent" against the "United States government" for infringng on xxxx for host il-

fuck this.

*Gets Gun*

 

[GundamXXX]

Ok to everyone who is reacting all butthurt.... stop posting and start doing something productive against it.

Read up about SOPA/PIPA/ACTA/DMCA. Contact your local government legislator.
A Minister or Representative doesnt read gbatemp.net

Also threatening with voilence will achieve nothing. Actions are louder then word so either protest peacefully or actually grab a gun and shoot some people.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

did you know ACTA was created in 2008?

and wasn't even brought up until NOW.

(just like the "Patriot Act")

oh and @[member='GundamXXX'], "the people" are out of reach unfortunately, its all just wishful thinking...

oh, and if you "protest peacefully" your head will get busted (like the "occupy riots" going on)

Seig heil.

Edit - lets play a game...What Looks like a lamb that boasts of freedom, liberty and justice for all, yet speaks like a dragon, whos true agenda is tryrany and communism?....The United States....

Wonder if this prophecy stuff actaully legit.........

 

[Hop2089]

ACTA won't do much here in the US because no one will spend the money to police the web agressively like this just because of copywrites, and really we don't need to anyway seeing as how effective the old laws are, Europe will be the one to suffer ACTA's wrath for the most part though so it's still a threat. Of course big tyrant in Japan might use ACTA to take your doujin away, he's already trying to shut down Comiket for trumped obscenity charges, he has also arrested ero artists for the same charges and gives police near unlimited power to go into hentai shops and confiscates certain manga.

 

[GundamXXX]

did you know ACTA was created in 2008?

and wasn't even brought up until NOW.

(just like the "Patriot Act")

oh and @[member='GundamXXX'], "the people" are out of reach unfortunately, its all just wishful thinking...

oh, and if you "protest peacefully" your head will get busted (like the "occupy riots" going on)

Seig heil.

Edit - lets play a game...What Looks like a lamb that boasts of freedom, liberty and justice for all, yet speaks like a dragon, whos true agenda is tryrany and communism?....The United States....

Wonder if this prophecy stuff actaully legit.........

Yes... peaceful protests havent helped AT ALL in Tunisia and Egypt ;o (im not saying it was limited to peacefull but the bulk was peacefull)
If an entire country gets up in protest by the millions then no government will stand very long
The people are the power but they are either too lazy to do something, too brainwashed to realise they can do something or cave in by peerpressure from the government.

Also USA is thriving on capitalism and despises communism when in fact communism is way better in my opinion

 

[Shadow&Light]

Heh... Capitalism is leading to this, to "close" the whole internet... And comunism presures the people to follow everything they say as they want... What happened to freedom? Did ever exist and in some point we lose it...? Or we just gave it away for technology?

It actualy doesn't matter where you are, if ACTA it's globally aproved, there won't be much to do, but to rebuild our society