Wikileaks Releases ACTA Negotiations As "0-Day" 105
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.
wtf (Score:4, Interesting)
end? (Score:4, Interesting)
I used to wonder what the end of our free societies would look like.
Now I know it looks like ACTA
Re:wikileaks (Score:3, Interesting)
I was under the impression that ACTA was, in essence, an end-run around the constitution (or, in my case, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms) ...
Re:wtf (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:The Days of Internet Freedom (Score:4, Interesting)
I guess it's time for all of us to retreat to the FreeNet/DarkNet...which would consequently improve it greatly.
Re:The Days of Internet Freedom (Score:5, Interesting)
Local renewable energy, Wireless mesh networks and RepRaps are a good place to start. It is really more about walking away than it is about pushing back. If all you do is protest and make demands based on the rights you feel entitled to, they own your soul. If you render these centralized industries irrelevant, they die of neglect.