What Is On My Mind: ACTA, SOPA & PIPA Conversation

Friday, January 27, 2012

ACTA, SOPA & PIPA Conversation

Everything here is a direct quote.

Does anyone know if ACTA got passed/ratified? Because from what I've heard it's a hundred times worse than SOPA/PIPA. Like, some kind of Internet Big Brother. ·

20 hours ago ·

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/10/us-signs-international-anti-piracy-accord.ars

20 hours ago ·

- The only hope for it not to pass, is the EU rejecting it, which will basically dismantle it. Pray for that, because there is a phrase in the act that forces ISPs to track what you do online, and to report to government agencys on it.
  
  20 hours ago ·
- http://m.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/03/obama-declares/
  
  Obama Administration Declares Proposed IP Treaty a ‘National Security’ Secret
  
  www.wired.com
  
  President Barack Obama came into office in January promising a new era of openne...
  19 hours ago ·
- Thankfully, others. Since SOPA/PIPA got turned down for the time being, everyone seems to be blissfully ignorant again. You would have thought more people would have taken it as a sign of things to come.
  
  19 hours ago ·
- That's how governments work. They put out a decoy bill, and everyone freaks out and makes sure it doesnt pass, then they think to themselves "Hey, it didnt pass this time, there is no way it would get brought up or passed again" then bam, they either hide it in another bill, or get it passed some other way.
  
  19 hours ago ·
- With all the attention on SOPA/PIPA, no one was paying attention to ACTA.
  
  19 hours ago ·
- I remember when ACTA first came around and now, seemingly out of nowhere, it resurfaces. I knew sooner or later it would show up again, but I didn't expect such a quick turn around.
  
  19 hours ago ·
- Yeah, in reply to **** comment above, I heard about the IP tracking your online activity part of it too, and frankly, that scares the shit out of me. Doesn't matter if what you're doing is illegal or not just the thought that some government lackey can essentially pull up my browser history is disturbing. Wanted to know because I heard there was some voting on it today. (Or yesterday as the case may be)
  
  18 hours ago ·
- Not really voting...It's a national security thing, so congress really doesn't get much say in it I guess. Welcome to the new dictatorship.
  
  18 hours ago ·
- How lovely. If this ends up happening, I will probably be too damned paranoid to do much on the internet. If there are any websites left to look at anyway...
  
  18 hours ago ·
- It's all a joke. We are supposed to be the land of the free, there are now over a half-dozen countries that have more freedoms than we do.
  
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