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#1 Feb 01 2012 at 2:18 AM Rating: Decent
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#2 Feb 01 2012 at 2:45 AM Rating: Good
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Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement. The agreement aims to establish an international legal framework for targeting counterfeit goods, generic medicines and copyright infringement on the Internet, and would create a new governing body outside existing forums, such as the World Trade Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, or the United Nations.[1][2][3]

The agreement was signed on 1 October 2011 by Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the United States. In January 2012, the European Union and 22 of its member states signed as well, bringing the total number of signatories to 31. After ratification by 6 states, the convention will come into force.

Supporters have described the agreement as a response to "the increase in global trade of counterfeit goods and pirated copyright protected works", while opponents have lambasted it for its potentially adverse effects on fundamental civil and digital rights, including freedom of expression and communication privacy.[4][5][6][7] Others, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, have derided the exclusion of civil society groups, developing countries and the general public from the agreement's negotiation process and have described it as policy laundering.[8][9] The signature of the EU and many of its member states resulted in the resignation in protest of the European Parliament's appointed rapporteur, as well as widespread protests across Poland.[10][11][12]

#3 Feb 01 2012 at 4:43 AM Rating: Good
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Keep in mind the source. While some of the issues discussed are a bit overblown, the issues are still there.

From what I understand the main concerns are the burdens dumped on the ISPs in the form of monitoring and the huge potential for abuse of power. Also I've heard it mentioned that blacklisting users from internet access is a possibility.

ACTA has been kept quiet so a lot of concrete information has been hard to come by over the past week, so a lot of it is speculation. I also believe a lot of changes have been made recently. Because of all the changes that may or may not have happened, it's going to be a wait and see type of thing.
#4 Feb 01 2012 at 6:49 AM Rating: Excellent
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Also I've heard it mentioned that blacklisting users from internet access is a possibility.


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#6 Feb 01 2012 at 7:59 AM Rating: Good
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#7 Feb 01 2012 at 8:40 AM Rating: Excellent
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Is this going to slow down the update/patch schedule for my Sorny Ploystation 3? 'Cause Skyram is pretty buggy and they still haven't patched it yet as promised on the box. Netflex streaming isn't working either.

Edited, Feb 1st 2012 8:41am by Jophiel
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