I get the feeling that the biggest complaint about ACTA is the way that people have gone about it (in secret and without public interaction).<br><a href="http://www.stopacta.info/">http://www.stopacta.info/</a><br><br>I haven't read the agreement or much of the related summations in sufficient detail at this point in time but I get the feeling that some parts of it are already loosely in play and it's aim is to tighten them.<br>
<br>I do feel that there is an enormous black hole in where responsibility lies for copyright infringement. Especialy given the international nature of the internet and the laws around it.<br>This is an interesting case in point:<br>
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/funnyjunk-vs-the-oatmeal.ars">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/funnyjunk-vs-the-oatmeal.ars</a><br><br>Legislation of some sort is required to protect and help legitimate content creators like the oatmeal.<br>
Legislation is required to protect the interests of media producers (Hollywood etc...) to some extent. I don't condone piracy as it has become on P2P networks and the vast majority of the pirate bay (Wooden legs and eye patches AAAARRRRRRRRRR OK with me).<br>
Legislation is required to protect people from the big corperations and governments who might want to leverage them for financial or political gain.<br><br>The requirement for legislation is clear. The route to it and solution is also clear, just not as clear as the existance and whereabouts of the Higgs Boson was five years ago.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 January 2012 17:22, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwm.art.net@gmail.com">jwm.art.net@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Signed yesterday. Here's a link showing what the internet could look like in future:<br>
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<a href="http://whokilledtheinter.net/" target="_blank">http://whokilledtheinter.net/</a><br>
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Jwm<br>
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