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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
The underlying purpose of ACTA is to provide a way to all corporate copyright holders a single way to control all I.P. access, under rules that they can easily control. Corporation are immortal, because even when they fail, other corporations take over their assets. They want their I.P. to be immortal as well. Since law and custom don't permit that, They are "boiling the frog slowly" to get their long term goal.
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Good point. Ironically, today we see another reason why we should all worry about this treaty, and its long-term repercussions:
Comcast seeks support on Hill, Street
A few more of these, and flat-rate streaming a la Netflix, or services like Hulu, will be a thing of the past, replaced by $5 per DRM-ed movie, self-distracting in 24 hours.
And with Comcast monitoring your connection for "pirating," your choice will be either to pay up, or whistle in the dark.
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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
... So if you can get lots of people to write their representatives, it might do something (US policymakers seem to be the main force pushing the treaty), ...
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Not sure about that. The New Zealanders and the French already jumped on the surveillance and 3-strikes thing, the Brits seem to be wobbling on the edge of the precipice too....
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
The problem is that nobody knows what's in ACTA, so we can't really have a meaningful discussion about it. The only reports are either pure speculation, or based on an analysis of the content, not the actual content.
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Well, the leaks posted should give enough fodder for a more focused discussion, instead of beating a dead horse and debating the black, the gray and the white, of downloading a Grateful Dead bootleg.
How about instead trying to identify key representatives, who may need an email or a letter?