Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.Cory DoctorowBoingboing Nov. 04, 2009 |
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![]() The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama’s administration refused to disclose due to “national security” concerns, has leaked. It’s bad. It says: * That ISPs have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that it will be impossible to run a service like Flickr or YouTube or Blogger, since hiring enough lawyers to ensure that the mountain of material uploaded every second isn’t infringing will exceed any hope of profitability.The ACTA Internet Chapter: Putting the Pieces Together |