The thing to remember if you are in the USA is that treaties PREVAIL over domestic law. Thus, all those prior court decisions in favour of the consumers no longer apply. A treaty can thus be used as a way for the government and its business partners to circumvent precedents from court cases.

Sure, people talk about fair use, but liberal usage came about as due to a precedent from a court case. After ACTA is ratified, that liberal fair use precedent no longer is valid. The right of the consumer to have a backup copy will also be lost as that was also a precedent created from a court case. Limited forms of reverse engineering may also disappear as they were set by court precedent. Thus, things like the Ragnarok Online MMORPG eAthena emulator would be illegal (it currently is legal) if Gravity reported it.

ACTA uses the “imminent” concept which isn’t really a thought crime. It means that sites creating imminent situations of copyright infringement would also be illegal. Thus torrent search sites (which don’t even host a tracker) would also be illegal as they foster _imminent_ conditions leading to copyright infringment.

All we heal is Ladi O Gaga
Ladi O Goo goo.

God, I want attention sooooo bad. :/

She hides it well.

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Ummm…yeah..this makes perfect sense. *face palm*

Thanks for posting a link actually worth my time.. as opposed to #12.

Best. Site. Ever.

Kudos to you #35!

i always though she prayed at the altar of nieve tweens or preyed on them or sumting ….

I guess I think that because she more or less told everyone so =)

goons like this can get a WHOLE lot stupider.

:sigh: I miss Carlin so bad…

this is nothing compared to this article, a bit of at the end of a dark tunnel:

http://www.slyck.com/story1937_TBI_Abandons_Pursuit_of_Alleged_File_Sharers

thanks for the laugh, goons.

What he said is WHAT THE INTERNET IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN. Few understand that. But whats more important to understand is that..

IF WE DONT KEEP DOING WHAT WE DO, THERE WILL BE NO MORE INTERNET.

Sure viruses and hackers can be annoying to deal with, but they are the counter-force that keeps the internet free.

Its just like the government, the only thing that keeps every country from being a dictatorship is someone somewhere out there going ‘fuck you, i will do what i want. Deal with it’.

More draconian? The only reason the Australian copyright laws so terrible is the USFTA, a treaty we signed that basically implemented US copyright law in Aus.

Lady Gaga, the Illuminati Puppet – Part 2 – http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=2614

Who cares about this over played radio dyke.

I guess it’s the tweens that keep this creature a live.

Hope it stays in Australia.

Sorry my Aussie friends. LOL

When the Australian lawyers call the American lawyers and try and send a cease and desist from the right country, I will be more than happy to accomodate your request.

Sounds like a lot of fun. :)