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Originally Posted by HarryT
Sorry, but what is "oppressive" about the concept of "don't download copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright holder"? Nobody is ever forced to do so - if they choose to do it it's their choice, and they really can't complain about the idea of being punished if caught.
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It's not about copyright. It's about peoples right to privacy and how these "measures" would have to be implemented.
The average Canadian would be outraged if you told them that Canada Post was going to start logging every piece of mail they received and where they sent mail so that third party companies could analysis the data and look for suspicious activity. They would be more outraged if told that Canada Post was going to start opening their private mail to look for illegal activity.
What has been leaked is not only allowing internet service providers to do this but to force them to do this.
There has always been a line between personal rights and freedoms and the needs of law enforcement. People draw the line at different points and scare tactics are used to convince people that they need to give up more privacy. "We need to do this to fight international terrorism. We need to do this to capture pedophiles."
Not many people are going to buy the argument that we need to do this to protect copyright. If ACTA was debated rationally it would go nowhere which is I'm sure why all the secrecy.
If these laws were implemented it would be a futile waste of tax payer money trying to implement impotent laws that would cause great inconvenience but for the most part wold be ignored. It would be more futile then laws against marijuana.