Obama signs Internet censorship bill

by **Jack Flash** » 26 Jan 12, 6:57 am

Obama saying that he would not support censorship was deceit at its finest. Many in the Internet community feel like they have been blindsided.

The oddity was over the fact that the President just signed ACTA a few months ago. What struck us as a more interesting question was the serious constitutional questions of whether or not Obama is even allowed to sign ACTA. - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201201 ... tion.shtml

Obama signed ACTA when no one was looking - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201109 ... erns.shtml

State Of The Union Address Highlights The Dirty Trick Of Hiding More Draconian IP Rules In 'Trade Agreements' - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201201 ... ents.shtml

ACTA is being Created by RIAA Copyright Trolls President Obama Picked for his Department of Justice!

footnotes for video
Obama Appoint the 5th RIAA Attorney http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/0 ... taps-fift/

Obama: Stop Filling Administration with RIAA Insiders - http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/0 ... stop-fill/

Obama Supports 150,000 fine per infringed work - http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/0 ... des-wit-2/

Obama Declares Proposed IP Treaty a "National Security Secret" - http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/03/obama-declares

CNET's Declan McCullagh discusses. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yxODWD_CCM

by **cerina** » 27 Jan 12, 8:43 pm

Ah, the land of free speech. What happened to it? :dontknow:

by **Jack Flash** » 01 Feb 12, 1:56 pm

1.The French MEP resigned his position of negotiating the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) says it "goes too far"
2. Cuts access to generic versions of drugs for treating illnesses - could cost lives. ACTA treats a generic drug just as a counterfeited drug.
3. Someone crossing a border who has a single song or film on their computer could face criminal charges.
4. Makes ISPs, who provide internet access, liable for users' illicit file-sharing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... kader-arif

Exact ACTA terms have been withheld while bullet points and a synopsis have been released to the public.
Below is the response to the freedom of information act request.

I regret that the draft negotiating texts you have requested are also
withheld as they are exempt under sections 35(1)(a) (formulation of
Government policy) and 27(2) (international relations) of the Freedom of
Information Act.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a ... e_agreem_2

FOI requests determine that the ACTA negotiation documents cannot be released due to "obligations of confidence".

In summary, ACTA negotiations have NOT been transparent nor are all documents available to the public.

released version http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/i_ ... 105_en.pdf