SOPA and PIPA have been cancelled. ACTA shows up.

[Xabkortiz]

SOPA and PIPA have been cancelled, archived and will not be voted.

ACTA is worse than SOPA and PIPA together.

The following below is just a copy and paste.

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (also known as ACTA) raises significant concerns for consumer privacy, civil liberties, innovation, the free flow of information on the Internet, commerce, and developing countries' ability to choose policy options that best suit them.

Doesn't the Constitution say a warrant is needed to search my computer?
It does! But because ACTA is a treaty, it circumvents the Constitution and takes away our rights!

Internet service providers (ISPs) will be forced to monitor what you do online and report to the government anything that is seen as suspicious. How are they going to pay for this? They aren't; instead they will raise our Internet bills.

tl;dr rich d-bags around the world are going to take our right to internet privacy and control our browsing, taking money from us in the process, via an international treaty

ACTA's about to destroy your human rights. They're going to end piracy, but go against the constitution in the process. This means it's time to say bye bye to your right to privacy.

So, why should you be worried about ACTA?
-It allows them to censor the internet.
-It allows them to search your iPods and computers randomly without giving a reason.
-It allows them to confiscate your iPods and computers without giving a reason
-It allows them to monitor what you do online
-It allows them to block websites deemed "unacceptable", without limit
-It will ban p2p technology, like uTorrent
-It will allow ISPs to PERMANENTLY Ban you from using the internet, without a trial.
-It will allow arrests based on the content you search.
-In a nutshell, they're basically taking your freedom and raping it hard.

Our internets will be controlled and monitored, bent to the will of the rich corporations.

[frostfox]

while anyone that spends a large time on the internet .. should vote this down .. as was the out cry about the other two legislation.

people should also realize they are already doing this .. and much of it is leagal if you go through loo poles ..

the IRS can leagaly check your facebook and use it as info they can use on your taxes .. such as your marital status and such .. insurance has done the same. so can unemployment and the SS office .. there are cases right now concerning a few folks who lost thier disability payments becuase of photos showing them being " to active " on thier facebook or comments they wrote not lining up ..

private companys like record lables and just about anything on itunes already have tracers on it so they can get into your computer accounts to make sure you aren't sharing the info you just purchased .. even if it was a virus that affected your comp if anything you bought that they have traced .. gets sent to another computer  like you were sharing it or allowing other people to download it .. you will find yourself in court .. this very thing happened to my sister.. much of this stuff is in your agreement  that you checked when you wanted to use the apple products and or any system similar to it.  you signed away your privacy right there.

so while this is a huge legislation act and you should be willing to vote it down if you want to see certain things continue on the internet like free wiki databases and such .. you should also be aware they already have your info guys .. and that to stop this or control it in a direction you want to have you might have to give up a lot such as social media and your ipods  ..

and PS .. good to see you xab we miss you

[Xabkortiz]

ACTA explained better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAkpsRLESWk

[Huevos]

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