ACTA: Worse than SOPA and PIPA, its also been around longer

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I don't usually like to give Anonymous any attention, but since this video wasn't constructed by the 12 year-olds that pretend they're part of it and is well-informed and throught out, I'll go with it anyway.

ACTA is a treaty that began back in 2006 and has slowly made its rounds since then. It is not a treaty crafted by elected officials and was forged of those nasty backroom deals. The RIAA and MPAA have a big hand in it, as expected, but so do big pharmaceutical companies and patent holders for big businesses. Big Pharma did have a hand in SOPA/PIPA, it was just glossed over most of the time as a lesser concern even though like ACTA, it could cut people off affordable generics from other countries.

Oh, and Obama signed ACTA, as a matter of "national security." This did not get around to the congress or senate, it went over their heads just like the rest of America. This is what allowed him to play it safe with SOPA and PIPA, by the way. He's still with Hollywood, they were making a movie to help his reelection chances, its due out in October.

But this is actually Europe's fight now- America, Japan and Canada are in, thank your leaders. This is Europe's fight now and its critical we show our support for them as they did for us on SOPA and PIPA. A big reason we all still have a chance to fight this is that it violates the Libson Treaty signed in 2007, among other things and Europeans need to speak out as Americans did and make their elected officials aware of this.

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If you needed any more proof that the media is against you, that Hollywood is against you and they won't give up their corruption until they're dead and buried, well, here's the shovel - let's start digging their grave.

[Raydeus]

Re: ACTA: Worse than SOPA and PIPA, its also been around longer

/facepalm

The stupidity of these dinosaurs really knows no bounds. But then again evolution is never painless, and doomed species try their best to survive even if their fate has already been decided.

[DakAttack]

Re: ACTA: Worse than SOPA and PIPA, its also been around longer

Can we keep all the lolitics in one thread? It's one thing to be informative, but it's another to carpet bomb the forums with anti-whatever opinion.

[Raydeus]

Re: ACTA: Worse than SOPA and PIPA, its also been around longer

Seriously Dak? No, I mean, seriously?

[Malacite]

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[DakAttack]

Re: ACTA: Worse than SOPA and PIPA, its also been around longer

Seriously Dak? No, I mean, seriously?

Could you try being coherent?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: ACTA: Worse than SOPA and PIPA, its also been around longer

Dak, when something has overwhelming bipartisan opposition it ceases to be "political" and simply means its bad for everybody.

[DakAttack]

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[Raydeus]

Re: ACTA: Worse than SOPA and PIPA, its also been around longer

Could you try being coherent?

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PS > While I'm glad the Mexican government rejected ACTA in June I'm not sure what amount of pressure they are placing upon them from up north.

Currently looking for info on what representatives are in the decision making of it so I can start campaigning.

[Malacite]

Re: ACTA: Worse than SOPA and PIPA, its also been around longer

Err, just 1 thing - how the hell did Obama sign this bill, unless the legislation was floating around for 2+ years first?

You said it was enacted in 2006 >_>

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: ACTA: Worse than SOPA and PIPA, its also been around longer

Mal, its not a bill. Its a treaty forged by backroom deals and unelected officials. Obama signed it back in 2009, mostly because he likes sticking it to the other branches of government, but especially the Supreme Court.

[Malacite]

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The supreme court has too much power as it is though (not that I agree with ACTA).

[Raydeus]

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Yeah, it's a Trading Treaty.

They did it that way to avoid any sort of democratic process getting in their way. Unfortunately for them there were leaks anyway, which have lead to planty of changes on "SOPA/PIPA Internationalâ„¢"

But the treaty still needs to be killed for the exact same reasons as SOPA/PIPA, and ACTA is actually worse.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: ACTA: Worse than SOPA and PIPA, its also been around longer

Slave Labor tinfoil hatthing aside, the case this guy is talking abut is pretty incriminating against the big media conglomerates. CBS essentially endorsed Pirate Bay and distributed filesharing software through C-Net, yet they can extradite some kid from overseas for linking to filesharing stuff they endorsed.

[Raydeus]

Re: ACTA: Worse than SOPA and PIPA, its also been around longer

Yeah, it's disgusting the lengths these people will do to make a buck. And playing both sides of the fence is barely the beginning. It's like those weapons dealers creating conflicts where there's none (now in Iran flavor) for the sake of profits and weapon sales. Very sad considering all that money could be doing so many good things in projects that actually advanced humanity.





PS > Prison slave labor in the US is relatively well documented though. Probably not in this case mind you, but still... If you start seeing hundreds of people being deported, start worrying. <_<;