A.C.T.A CANNOT HAPPEN !
A.C.T.A wants to take over your freedom to put it bluntly ! watching what goes in and out your pc,mobile & whatever else you have connected to the world wide web. Even rumours that ipod's, laptops and other electronics could be tested when going through Customs or crossing borders by officials. Completely Nuts what's happening to the world and you may have noticed websites like Mega-upload, Pirate-Bay and others are being ripped down with more following. This will also effect Artist's and users who share music Mixes and more. They will also make Big internet company's who provide you with the net to adopt a 3 strike and your gone system whereby anybody caught breaching rules will have there internet cut off and the household blacklisted from having internet again. So lets hope this never happens and enough people fight it otherwise a lot of things will die through people being scared to do anything on-line.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a multinational treaty 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.
The agreement was signed in October 2011 by Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States.In January 2012, the European Union and 22 countries which are member states of the European Union signed as well.No signatory has ratified (formally approved) the agreement, which would come into force after ratification by 6 countries. After entry into force, the treaty would only apply in those countries that ratified it.
Supporters have described the agreement as a response to "the increase in global trade of counterfeit goods and pirated copyright protected works". Large intellectual property-based organizations such as the MPAA and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America were active in the treaty's development.
Opponents say the convention adversely affects fundamental rights including freedom of expression and privacy. The secret nature of negotiations has excluded civil society groups, developing countries and the general public from the agreement's negotiation process and it has been described as policy laundering by critics including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Entertainment Consumers Association.
The signature of the EU and many of its member states resulted in the resignation in protest of the European Parliament's appointed chief investigator,rapporteur Kader Arif, as well as widespread protests across Europe. In 2012 the newly appointed rapporteur, British MEP David Martin, recommended against the treaty, stating "The intended benefits of this international agreement are far outweighed by the potential threats to civil liberties".
