Stop ACTA

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This petition is to stop ACTA(Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement). The ACTA is an international treaty that will create problems such as these.

(Via http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html)
" * * That ISPs have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that it will be impossible to run a service like Flickr or YouTube or Blogger, since hiring enough lawyers to ensure that the mountain of material uploaded every second isn't infringing will exceed any hope of profitability.

* * That ISPs have to cut off the Internet access of accused copyright infringers or face liability. This means that your entire family could be denied to the internet -- and hence to civic participation, health information, education, communications, and their means of earning a living -- if one member is accused of copyright infringement, without access to a trial or counsel.

* * That the whole world must adopt US-style "notice-and-takedown" rules that require ISPs to remove any material that is accused -- again, without evidence or trial -- of infringing copyright. This has proved a disaster in the US and other countries, where it provides an easy means of censoring material, just by accusing it of infringing copyright.

* * Mandatory prohibitions on breaking DRM, even if doing so for a lawful purpose (e.g., to make a work available to disabled people; for archival preservation; because you own the copyrighted work that is locked up with DRM)"

With this petition we hope to stop the unelected officials proposing this treaty, and keep the internet free.
We must also remember this is just the first in may steps to take our other freedoms away.

for more information
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XoFGApjhFE
http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/acta/

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  • Eddie
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  • Justin
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    • this cant be allowed.
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  • Garth
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  • Jay P
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    • ACTA constitutes internationl [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberterrorism ]
  • Will
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  • glitchedgamer
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    • This is stupid. Fight terrorism, not illegal music.
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  • Christofer B
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  • Finn H
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    • This is absolutly stupid, the governments can't take away the public's privacy, that has to be against some sort of freewill law or something
  • Jonathan U
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  • jasmine
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    • ACTA is ridiculous.
  • Chris H
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  • christian
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    • We would like to keep our freedom of privacy, thank you very much.
  • Dan
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  • Kendra C
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    • ACTA is going way too far.
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  • Kelly A
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    • acta is bologna
  • John Matthew M
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    • This is not a matter of piracy! This is a matter of PRIVACY! Benjamin Franklin once said "Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither." LET FREEDOM RING!
  • Michael M
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  • Emily
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    • Music and entertainment should be free. Free of cost and free of consequence. The ancient roman leaders understood this. They knew all they needed to give the people was free entertainment and free food, and the people would not rise against them.
  • Ali D
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  • Allen Z
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    • WTF GOVERNMENT, jews...
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    • Save duh internet! FREE PORN FOR ALL!!!
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  • FW
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  • Jade
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    • Ludicrous. This law would come after you regardless if you're innocent or guilty. Doesn't the government have more important things to be doing than cracking down on a few illegally downloads songs? Oh, nevermind, it's the corporate conglomerates who are only interested in screwing us over who are the masterminds behind this act. As though the Patriot Act and phone tapping weren't enough. Down with ACTA!
  • Blizzard
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    • Though people shouldn't do all these illegal things... This would be a horrible invasion of our privacy.
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    • freedom of speach lol?