Here we go again - PSA
Jan. 22nd, 2012 07:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dogmatix*checks date* Nope, it's not April Fools. Dangit.
&#*@%& - didn't we just go through this? As if SOPA/PIPA weren't bad enough, now it looks like they're trying to pull a fast one. And this time it might be global. *seethe*
The quick and dirty on ACTA.
The facts in summary, from EFF.org
The legalese
Worrisome Speculation from the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
"the same industry rightsholder groups that support the creation of ACTA have also called for mandatory network-level filtering by Internet Service Providers and for Internet Service Providers to terminate citizens' Internet connection on repeat allegation of copyright infringement (the "Three Strikes" /Graduated Response) so there is reason to believe that ACTA will seek to increase intermediary liability and require these things of Internet Service Providers. While mandating copyright filtering by ISPs will not be technologically effective because it can be defeated by use of encryption efforts to introduce network level filtering will likely involve deep packet inspection of citizens' Internet communications."
&#*@%& - didn't we just go through this? As if SOPA/PIPA weren't bad enough, now it looks like they're trying to pull a fast one. And this time it might be global. *seethe*
The quick and dirty on ACTA.
The facts in summary, from EFF.org
The legalese
Worrisome Speculation from the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
"the same industry rightsholder groups that support the creation of ACTA have also called for mandatory network-level filtering by Internet Service Providers and for Internet Service Providers to terminate citizens' Internet connection on repeat allegation of copyright infringement (the "Three Strikes" /Graduated Response) so there is reason to believe that ACTA will seek to increase intermediary liability and require these things of Internet Service Providers. While mandating copyright filtering by ISPs will not be technologically effective because it can be defeated by use of encryption efforts to introduce network level filtering will likely involve deep packet inspection of citizens' Internet communications."
