Koki on 11/6/2008 at 17:07
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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed plurilateral trade agreement that would impose strict enforcement of intellectual property rights related to Internet activity and trade in information-based goods.(...) The proposed agreement would allow border officials to search laptops, MP3 players, and cellular phones for copyright-infringing content. It would also impose new cooperation requirements upon internet service providers (ISPs), including perfunctory disclosure of customer information, and restrict the use of online privacy tools.
It's probably (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeit_Trade_Agreement) old news, but July is coming, and it's time to get afraid. I'd say it's time to "act" but Internet has influence and media coverage of a roadkill frog.
fett on 11/6/2008 at 17:22
This sounds like a productive way to keep our border patrol officials busy. :tsktsk:
I'm moving to fucking Antarctica.
redrain85 on 11/6/2008 at 20:59
What else is there to say, except that this proposed agreement is fucking insane.
