HOLY SHIT (except for the bolded line) IM HAPPY AS FUCK!!


The Parliament voted by 478 to 39 to reject the treaty, which aimed to prevent copyright infringement in both digital and real objects but became mired in controversy after secret negotiations. There were, however, 165 abstentions.

Jim Killock, of the Open Rights Group, hailed the move as "a tremendous victory for the movement, for democracy and for every European citizen that has demanded that their rights be respected. ACTA must be abandoned. The Commission must drop its calls to try again."

Earlier, a 19-12 Committee vote against the treaty had effectively ensured the full European Parliament would vote it down. Rapporteur David Martin MEP had previously told the Telegraph that ACTA was 'dead in the water'.

ACTA aims to protect the intellectual property in both digital and physical goods, and has proved divisive because it was negotiated largely in secret and had originally proposed criminal sanctions for those who used the internet to break copyright. It would tighten up the enforcement and definition of copyright theft, which is particularly controversial for web users who routinely share digital versions of music, films and software.

At one point in its negotiation, rumours had suggested that ACTA could mean iPods were examined at international borders for pirated music, although this suggestion was rejected by those involved in the process as only a very preliminary proposal.

7/4/2012 1:19:05 PM

The bullshit returns in the form of a Canadian-EU trade agreement, I hear.

7/10/2012 7:29:25 PM

^^How would one examine an iPod for pirated music anyway... unless there's something I'm missing.

What's the difference between a person ripping songs off of a CD they own and a person copying songs someone else ripped off of a CD they owned? Or did they make ripping CDs you own illegal? How would this file be differentiated from a file downloaded legally? Sorry, I really don't keep up.

Maybe the plan is to just stop people that look like they can't defend themselves and extort some fee out of them because "I see a pirated song here".

7/10/2012 8:39:11 PM

^When people have to ask those kinds of questions, it's no longer about whether someone is in the right or wrong, it's a matter of the authority having the ability to point and arrest anyone in question for any reason.

7/10/2012 8:55:25 PM

Goodnight internet freedom (read the second paragraph. they "predict" means it's scripted to happen). Is it our fault that the US can't fucking secure their own information??

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"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Other nations are increasingly employing cyber attacks without "any sense of restraint," a top U.S. cybersecurity official said on Friday, citing "reckless" behaviors that neither the United States nor the Soviet Union would have dared at the height of Cold War tensions. Debora Plunkett, of the secretive National Security Agency, w hose responsibilities include protecting U.S. government computer networks, predicted that Congress would pass long-stalled cybersecurity legislation within the next year. http://news.yahoo.com/cyber-attacks-grow-increasingly-reckless-235957771.html"

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"White House circulating draft of executive order on cybersecurity By Jennifer Martinez - 2012-09-06 07:56:00 PM ET Read by 62,420 people View this article on The Hill ADVERTISEMENT The White House is circulating a draft of an executive order aimed at protecting the country from cyberattacks, The Hill has learned. The draft proposal, which has been sent to relevant federal agencies for feedback, is a clear sign that the administration is resolved to take action on cybersecurity even as Congress remains gridlocked on legislation that would address the threat. http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/248079-white-house-circulating-draft-of-executive-order-on-cybersecurity "

I wrote the top comment last night, then this morning I read the bottom one.

The speed is unprecedented.

[Edited on September 8, 2012 at 11:51 AM. Reason : .]

9/8/2012 11:50:26 AM

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"The draft executive order would establish a voluntary program where companies operating critical infrastructure would elect to meet cybersecurity best practices and standards crafted, in part, by the government, according to two people familiar with the document. "

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"It would be left up to the companies to decide what steps they want to take to meet the standards, so the government would not dictate what type of technology or strategy they should adopt."

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""Find me a company that says 'I'm going to voluntarily agree to be regulated by DHS.' Nobody is going to volunteer to have DHS regulate them," Lewis said."

From "The Hill" post. Sounds truly ominous.

[Edited on September 9, 2012 at 1:55 PM. Reason : .]

9/9/2012 1:54:55 PM

Napolitano Says Cybersecurity Executive Order Almost Ready


Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:00
Written by Joe Wolverton, II


Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano revealed September 19 that an executive order granting the president sweeping power over the Internet is “close to completion.”


http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12914-napolitano-says-cybersecurity-exec-order-almost-ready

9/23/2012 2:02:58 PM