Wikileaks Releases ACTA Negotiations As "0-Day"

An anonymous reader writes "Wikileaks has released a new document about the ACTA negotiations occurring in Washington over the next three days. This might be the shortest time between authorship of a document and its publication on Wikileaks so far. The brief 3-page memo, dated today, could add quite a bit of oil to the fire of the ACTA debate. It is titled Business Perspectives on Border Measures and Civil Enforcement and it contains a set of proposals to the 'ACTA negotiators' issued by 'Concerned business groups operating in ACTA nations.' Among many highly invasive methods and approaches proposed in this memorandum, the reader can find detailed demands for: full disclosure of relevant information by Customs to trademark holders so that they can mount private investigations; disclosure of identities and other information about copyright infringers; and increased inspection of goods. This document is especially important to raise public awareness on these negotiations and their implications for the future." We've been watching ACTA develop for a few months now.

ACTA?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is it really that hard to say what the initials stand for just once in the summary?

Re:ACTA?

[Anonymous Coward]

You mean you don't know? Time to move out from under that rock!

I mean, geez... talk about ignorant. EVERYBODY knows about ACTA.

('cept me...)

The Days of Internet Freedom

[Anonymous Coward]

The days of Internet freedom are quite sadly coming to an end with these international movements toward information totalitarianism, unless the geeks of the world are able to effectively unite and push back.

Re:wikileaks

[DragonWriter]

Part of me thinks that had the technology been around in the mid 1700's the rights of something like Wikileaks would have been enshrined in the constitution by the founding fathers as the ultimate check and balance.

Despite the fact that the technology was far more primitive in the 1700s, the rights of "something like Wikileaks" were enshrined in the Constitution -- that is, in the Bill of Rights:

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Re:wtf

[megaditto]

Since you are a gun owner, you should realize that they will first come for YOU (since they know where you live). [wikipedia.org]

And the rest of us will cheer ("make streets safe for our children" or whatever) them on until it's too late.

Re:The Days of Internet Freedom

[Wiseblood1]

Yes, it is sad that attacks on our freedom such as this are happening everyday. The people woh have the power to change things do not, and will not for the foreseeable future. So long as corporate funded PACs and special interst groups such as these have the influence that they do now, our days as something remotely resembling a democracy are numbered.

Thats why I buy guns illegally.

[johnny cashed]

Screw the forms. Not really illegally, but in my state, personal sales don't involve any forms. Unless you consider a federal reserve note a "form".

Re:wtf

[Anonymous Coward]

Alabama doesn't require anything. Sure, most of the time we're the backwards arm pit of America, but one Alabama citizen can sell a fire arm (rifles, not pistols) to another Alabama citizen with nothing more than a glance at his driver's license. Just to be sure he's an Alabama citizen. You don't even need to make a copy of the license. You gotta love gun shows!

Re:The Days of Internet Freedom

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, next time the pirate party is running for election, fucking vote for them then.

Seriously, things will only get worse if you keep voting republicrat/demopublican.

Re:IANAL so if one can answer me this...

[pjt33]

Why do I fear the answer will be "It's true it is against the 4th Amendment. However the U.S. Constitution is pretty much a piece of ass wipe your elected officials use daily anymore."

Because you're not Rip van Winkle, and thus haven't been asleep for the past n years?

Re:ATCA

[phoomp]

I would think nerds would like to know about a treaty which proposes to search your mp3 player for unauthorized copyright material at international borders.

Pretty good with two additions

[fermion]

Recommendations for Border measures 6. Establish clear procedures for those accused of infringement by the right holder to dispute claims and enforce due process including (a)disputing the standing of the alleged right holder to make a claim, (b) disputing the right of the border authority to impede fair trade, (c) require documentation supporting the claim of infringement within 24 hours of the claim (c) allow immediate access to the good accused of infringement by the owner or an authorized agent, and (d) require a hearing within five(5) business days of the claim of infringment to assess the validity of such claims.

Recommended ACTA Provisions for Civil Enforcement (5) In the case where a right holder claiming infringement does not provide documentation within 24 hours of the claim, does not attend the hearing or does not have suitable evidence to support the claim of infringement, or in the case where it is shown that right holder has made a frivilous claim, the victim of the right holder is entitled to recover costs associated with the defense and direct and indirect loss of business resulting from the claim. These include but are not limited to attorney fees, storage fees, the value of the detained product, the values of any lost business of the victim, that value of any lost business of clients related to the detained products, and any costs necessary for the victim to recover from any defamation related to unsupported detention of the products.

I know it sounds unreasonable, but if my shipment of bag can be halted just on the word of LVMH, and they can force me into the poor house because I have no recourse to get and sell my merchandise for 30 days, then there better be a balance so I can tap their massive corporate assets when they do wrong, including making them pay for the months worth of lost sales.

Re:ATCA

[MrNaz]

40 years ago they thought that they'd never be able to waste time searching the bags of every person that traveled.

All it took was a generation to be force fed apathy inducing, mind-numbing pop culture and now they are free to use your tax dollars to make your life a living security nightmare.

To the guy who posted earlier about only wanting to hear about the latest greatest motherboards and ignore anything remotely political, I'm looking at you. Only caring about the latest hardware is no different, effectively, to the teenage girl who reads Cosmo cover to cover to stay up to date on the latest adventures of Paris Hilton.