ACTA is a global anti-counterfeiting (and anti-piracy) agreement that might change the internet as we know it.
It would give federal officials the right to inspect your files without any warrant. It would make unauthorized possession of copyrighted material a federal crime.
And there’s nowhere in the developed world you’d be able to go to escape it, because they’re all on board: United States, Canada, European Union, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. A reddit user posted this information into the gaming section because many, many people in it have reason to be personally concerned by the passage of this law.
The user might be overreacting a little when you read about facism and all but he’s got few good points.
Here are some useful links to information about ACTA.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation explaining what ACTA is and what you can do about it.
Wikipedia describing ACTA in detail, including participatory countries, controversy, and some potential effects.
The leaked ACTA agreement itself, hosted on The Pirate Bay.
And finally someone provided a link to this very interesting review of ACTA from just a few weeks ago by the American University Washington College of Law. Experts on intellectual property from all over the world gathered in Washington DC to discuss ACTA, and this statement is their conclusion; it goes into detail about what’s wrong with ACTA and why. The review is about says that ACTA is being misrepresented by the powers that be. It violates WTO agreements and threatens public interests.
Read more about it at reddit.
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