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The discussion of the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been a hotly debated and extremely controversial topic ever since it was agreed by governments around the world that any discussion would take in place in total secrecy.
But secret + Internet = no more secrets, and so with leaks, the full horror of the proposed agreement was revealed, forcing American style DMCA on the rest of the world, three-strikes and all the other things that make people more angry and paranoid.
Worse yet is that, while the general public was kept out of the loop when it came to the discussions, corporations and groups that represented corporate interests like the RIAA and MPAA were given access. It is no secret that the RIAA and MPAA are in full support of the ACTA, which could see your digital devices such as iPods and netbooks being searched at customs for suspected pirated content.
But all is not well with the discussions, and rumours suggest negotiations could go well into 2011, the possibility of the ACTA might get abandoned as disunity is growing within the negotiating parties for a treaty that nobody really wants to get locked into.
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But secret + Internet = no more secrets, and so with leaks, the full horror of the proposed agreement was revealed, forcing American style DMCA on the rest of the world, three-strikes and all the other things that make people more angry and paranoid.
Worse yet is that, while the general public was kept out of the loop when it came to the discussions, corporations and groups that represented corporate interests like the RIAA and MPAA were given access. It is no secret that the RIAA and MPAA are in full support of the ACTA, which could see your digital devices such as iPods and netbooks being searched at customs for suspected pirated content.
But all is not well with the discussions, and rumours suggest negotiations could go well into 2011, the possibility of the ACTA might get abandoned as disunity is growing within the negotiating parties for a treaty that nobody really wants to get locked into.
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