Internet - Secret Copyright Treaty Leaks. It's Bad. Very Bad.

**newcarcaviar** · 11-04-2009, 09:52 PM

Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad. - Boing Boing

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Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.
The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama's administration refused to disclose due to "national security" concerns, has leaked. It's bad. It says:
* 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)
The ACTA Internet Chapter: Putting the Pieces Together

Here we go folks. The internet seizure is starting. The net is one of our last sources for true, unbiased information and free speech. I'll be damned if they're going to pull the plug on it.

**Hashishi** · 11-04-2009, 10:15 PM

All this can be achieved to a satisfactory degree by throttling bandwidth. ...Except for the "mandatory prohibitions on breaking DRM", that's pretty scary. It basically means that you'll no longer own what you buy. For instance, since 2006 BluRay employed AACS to protect its disks from piracy. This was considered intrusive in and of itself because it essentially 'hacked' the machine you ran the disk on using a virtual drive so that if the AACS key was incompatible it simply wouldn't play. (Or something along those lines)

Within months enterprising technophiles had hacked the AACS key and letters began demanding that websites publishing it or linking to it remove it from its pages or face lawsuits. Lacking any legal precedent, in response the AACS key was propagated exponentially across the web. With this sort of legislation in place, however, all those who did so would be liable to prosecution.

I still find this legislation less scary than the direction DRM software itself is taking, though. The way it's being developed, soon we'll have 'expiring' disks- disks containing software which, when run on compatible players, will erase themselves after a cerrtain amount of time or a certain number of views,

With that in mind, I think we've less to fear from DRM legislation than DRM software... though it's difficult to gauge. They'll no doubt fuck us on both fronts in the end.

**Vicki** · 11-04-2009, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by newcarcaviar

I'll be damned if they're going to pull the plug on it.

Don't forget to take some ice tea and a good air conditioner.

intangible child · 11-08-2009, 12:45 PM

The Internet is the last true unregulated outpost of freedom of speech but moves are afoot to stifle, suffocate, control and eventually pull the plug on the world wide web as we know it. These threats are not hidden nor are they hard to deduce and yet a significant number of Internet users remain naive as to their scope.
Corporations Plan To Pull Plug On The Free Internet

Secret Plan To Kill Internet By 2012 Leaked?

Rupert Murdoch: “Internet Will Soon Be Over”

Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch gave a strange response when asked about plans for mainstream news websites to charge for content, declaring, “The current days of the internet will soon be over.”
Rupert Murdoch: “Internet Will Soon Be Over”

Its their dream, won't be reality, it could only be accomplished if WE didn't know about it!

NeverSober · 11-08-2009, 04:26 PM

so who is actually behind this? sorry if i just missed something

intangible child · 11-08-2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by NeverSober

so who is actually behind this? sorry if i just missed something

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SmokeyMcPott · 11-08-2009, 06:37 PM

There will be hell to pay if the internet heads too far in the direction its going right now. People will only put up with so much before they reach a breaking point.

JKilrva · 11-09-2009, 06:49 PM

if they block sites like youtube there would be a revolution. Keep their hands off the internet!

Payless · 11-08-2009, 05:29 PM

eh yo,
FUCK THIS NOISE!

we wont let it happen. (by we i mean the general public)

MetallicaFan495 · 11-09-2009, 06:59 PM

How can they constitutionally take away our right to use the internet freely? Im just wondering who's benefiting from this if someone would care to share...

11-04-2009, 10:15 PM	#2
Hashishi Unf*ckwit'able Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,691 Grams: 34,919.42 Thanks: 1,569 Thanked 1,712 Times in 924 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	All this can be achieved to a satisfactory degree by throttling bandwidth. ...Except for the "mandatory prohibitions on breaking DRM", that's pretty scary. It basically means that you'll no longer own what you buy. For instance, since 2006 BluRay employed AACS to protect its disks from piracy. This was considered intrusive in and of itself because it essentially 'hacked' the machine you ran the disk on using a virtual drive so that if the AACS key was incompatible it simply wouldn't play. (Or something along those lines) Within months enterprising technophiles had hacked the AACS key and letters began demanding that websites publishing it or linking to it remove it from its pages or face lawsuits. Lacking any legal precedent, in response the AACS key was propagated exponentially across the web. With this sort of legislation in place, however, all those who did so would be liable to prosecution. I still find this legislation less scary than the direction DRM software itself is taking, though. The way it's being developed, soon we'll have 'expiring' disks- disks containing software which, when run on compatible players, will erase themselves after a cerrtain amount of time or a certain number of views, With that in mind, I think we've less to fear from DRM legislation than DRM software... though it's difficult to gauge. They'll no doubt fuck us on both fronts in the end. __________________

11-08-2009, 12:45 PM	#4
intangible child New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 91 Grams: 829.00 Thanks: 29 Thanked 55 Times in 25 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	Corporations Plan To Pull Plug On The Free Internet The Internet is the last true unregulated outpost of freedom of speech but moves are afoot to stifle, suffocate, control and eventually pull the plug on the world wide web as we know it. These threats are not hidden nor are they hard to deduce and yet a significant number of Internet users remain naive as to their scope. Corporations Plan To Pull Plug On The Free Internet Secret Plan To Kill Internet By 2012 Leaked? Rupert Murdoch: “Internet Will Soon Be Over” Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch gave a strange response when asked about plans for mainstream news websites to charge for content, declaring, “The current days of the internet will soon be over.” Rupert Murdoch: “Internet Will Soon Be Over” Its their dream, won't be reality, it could only be accomplished if WE didn't know about it!

11-08-2009, 04:26 PM	#5
NeverSober New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 63 Grams: 306.70 Thanks: 22 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	so who is actually behind this? sorry if i just missed something __________________ Get up, Stand up Stand up for your rights Get up, Stand up Dont give up the fight Bob Marley

11-08-2009, 06:37 PM	#7
SmokeyMcPott Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 948 Grams: 7,601.90 Thanks: 570 Thanked 142 Times in 96 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	There will be hell to pay if the internet heads too far in the direction its going right now. People will only put up with so much before they reach a breaking point. __________________ "When the power of love overcomes love of power, the world will have peace..."

11-08-2009, 05:29 PM	#9
Payless Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 441 Grams: 2,081.85 Thanks: 141 Thanked 58 Times in 48 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	eh yo, FUCK THIS NOISE! we wont let it happen. (by we i mean the general public) __________________ Choking V, Morning G, L.O.C. We never stop! And your death'll be sweet if you wanna be a cop!

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