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ACTA in a Nutshell –

What is ACTA?  ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A new intellectual property enforcement treaty being negotiated by the United States, the European Community, Switzerland, and Japan, with Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada recently announcing that they will join in as well.

Why should you care about ACTA? Initial reports indicate that the treaty will have a very broad scope and will involve new tools targeting “Internet distribution and information technology.”

What is the goal of ACTA? Reportedly the goal is to create new legal standards of intellectual property enforcement, as well as increased international cooperation, an example of which would be an increase in information sharing between signatory countries’ law enforcement agencies.

Essential ACTA Resources - 

• Read more about ACTA here: ACTA Fact Sheet
• Read the authentic version of the ACTA text as of 15 April 2011, as finalized by participating countries here: ACTA Finalized Text
• Follow the history of the treaty’s formation here: ACTA history
• Read letters from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden wherein he challenges the constitutionality of ACTA: Letter 1 | Letter 2 | Read the Administration’s Response to Wyden’s First Letter here: Response
• Watch a short informative video on ACTA: ACTA Video
• Watch a lulzy video on ACTA: Lulzy Video

Say NO to ACTA. It is essential to spread awareness and get the word out on ACTA.

COME ON HOW DOES THIS HAVE SO LITTLE NOTES?

WAKE UUUUUPPPP

Guys, I’ve been reblogging ACTA-related notices over the past two days or so, and I won’t be stopping. This issue is serious and worth your attention. Please, even if we can only take limited action as of present, try to spread the word and raise awareness about it. Come on, step up and join the movement to get the word out about ACTA.

I think people just haven’t realized that ACTA is a much more bigger deal than SOPA/PIPA ever was. Not only is it expanded and is global, but it is going to watch anything you share or can do on the internet. People complained about no privacy with the SOPA/PIPA. Imagine that but 100x worse. That’s the ACTA. REBLOG AND SPREAD THE WORD. This has a very good chance of passing due to the little rebellion and protest against it compared to the amount SOPA/PIPA had!

not unimportant to mention: ACTA is a huge fan of the ‘three-strikes-out’, meaning you get BANNED from the internet after three warnings you’re downloading copyrighted material. In France this is already law. This nonsense HAS to stop. ACCES TO INTERNET IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT.

plus, ACTA wants content filtering. ACTA member countries will be required to provide for third-party (Internet Intermediary) liability. This means ISPs will face heightened liability for websites that even link to allegedly infringing content. Websites would have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that Tumblr, Flickr, Youtube and whatnot would have to employ a phalanx of lawyers to ensure that the mountain of material uploaded every second isn’t infringing on anyone’s copyright. This would simply mean the end of these sites, because even if there’s no copyright infringement, it will be too expensive to do.

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