must not be "stifled by government control or censorship"and yet the British Government has signed the ACTA agreement which will be enforced once the EU ratifies it in June. What do you mean you've never heard of it? Such an important piece of legislation would be openly discussed and copies of the proposed wording shared with the media to ensure the population was aware of it, wouldn't it? Well, it seems not. Discussions were conducted in secret and requests for information regarding the treaty and treaty negotiations have been rejected by the EU.
The loose wording in the treaty could potentially close sites such as Twitter, Bookface, and Blogger which would be a blow for freedom of speech and freedom of expression.
It could also require every ISP to monitor every data packet to ensure that no illegally reproduced copyrighted material was being transmitted across their networks. The only way to do that is to inspect every data packet. Every single on. Of course, if you've got nothing to hide then you've got nothing to fear have you?
And the worst part about all this is that the media, for the most part, have been utterly silent about ACTA. A piece of legislation that potentially changes how we use the internet gets almost zero attention. Surely that's news?
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Hi MW. Yes, I noticed this bit of treachery this week too.
My basic take is here http://grumpologist.blogspot.com/2012/01/acta.html and there are a few links there for more info.
If they're actually telling you they plan to do something...however quietly they whisper it...then they've already been doing it for a long time.
The only difference being that if someone was previously unaware and accidentally finds out in future they can then point smugly to the rule that says it's ok.
Opposition is pretty much irrelevant.
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