Secret Copyright Treaty Will Ruin the Internet

By Carl Franzen

Leaked details of a proposed international Internet treaty have tech bloggers throwing fits. Negotiators from the U.S. many other nations are meeting behind closed doors in Seoul this week to hammer out the details of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The pact is designed to clamp down on the Internet's multifarious illegal file-swapping community by holding service providers accountable for their users' activities.

Bloggers are blasting the treaty, as you'd expect, but are also fulminating against the government's opacity, the companies' cooperation, and big news organizations for failing to sound the alarm:

Patricio Robles, Econsultancy: "ACTA could be the worst thing for the internet- ever...Not only would ACTA be bad for citizens of the member nations, it would put businesses in those member nations at a significant disadvantage."

Mike Masnick, Techdirt: "There is simply no reason for ACTA, at all. It is nothing but an attempt by the entertainment industry to put massive restrictions on the internet, place liability on lots of third parties, and do nothing to push themselves to adapt to a changing marketplace with new business models."

Jolie O'Dell, ReadWriteWeb: "Are international treaties governing Internet content and intellectual property even necessary? Insofar as they fly in the face of normative cultural practices and contradict or tighten existing national laws, we find these suggested measures inflexible and unrealistic."

Nicholas Deleon, CrunchGear: "Everything's very hush-hush, of course, and you don't hear a damn thing about it on TV, no. No, that's filled with crackpots on the left and right claiming that health care will fix everyone's problems automatically or destroy the country as soon as it's signed into law. As if things this complicated could be debated in 30-second segments."

James Love, Huffington Post: "At this point, Congress needs to stand up and put an end to this appalling spectacle of secret legislation on a global scale. How can politicians claim to be all for transparency, and allow this indefensible violation of the public right to know proceed?...Earth to politicians -- you work for us, not the International Chamber of Commerce. Make this negotiation public!"

Glyn Moody, Computerworld UK: "The whole ACTA saga is one of the most nauseating demonstrations of the contempt in which the Power-that-Be hold ordinary people and their interests. Sadly, it is not clear to me how to fight it...Any suggestions not involving insurrection?"

The Debate

Trouble Ahead for ISPs & Users Jolie O, ReadWriteWeb
Entertainment Industry Wishlist Mike Masnick, Tech Dirt
ACTA Could Be... Patricio Robles, Econsultancy
Most Annoying Read of '09 Nicholas Deleon, Crunch Gear
A Patriot Act for the Internet James Love, The Huffington Post
The Great ACTA Lie Revealed Glyn Moody, Computer World

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Dave

Posted: Nov 06 2009, 8:16 AM

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The internet is how it is known to slaves (subcribers) and it is often known as DSL (Digital Subscriber Line). DSL is also Defence Systems Limited, founded by official record by major Alistair Morison of the SAS, by official account once the largest private defence contractor on earth.

The main section of the pyramid (eg as per american seal) by is by intention the blind part, the current skin for the milicorp dictatorship. The current skin is failing, something of a prison break is in play. This is partly because people are noticing that there is an elephant in the room, partly because people are noticing what the elephant is doing and of course the two are related.

other parts of the MOD:
<Defence Systems Limited (DSL) was one of the earliest Private Military Corporations (PMCs), formed in 1981 by a group of ex-SAS officials riding the swell brought on by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's yardsale of Britain's defense industry to cold war warriors of worth. DSL was initially started with private financial support from London bankers, and possibly some Middle East investors. Over the next fifteen years they established a reputation in the security industry and a small fortune, before selling all to Armor Holdings, Inc. in 1997 for $26 million>
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Defence_Systems_Limited
http://www.logica.co.uk/
http://www.aegisworld.com/
http://www.bmtdsl.co.uk/
http://www.eda.europa.eu/
http://www.qinetiq.com/global.html
http://www.armorgroup.com/

Dave

Posted: Nov 06 2009, 8:22 AM

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In life there are many people who do not want power but who stand up when they notice things are wrong whatever it is, when needs must they rise.

The illusionary frameworks people live in makes life problematic let alone being able to see what is really going on. With the milicorp media (disinformation / distraction) and their own police force (in britain the police were set up by the mercers, general management by the freemasons) there was a monopoly on power. If there is any permanent political structure, even if started with good intentions, as a political operation politics is its practice.

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