I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Canadian law professor Michael Geist has done an analysis of the leaked portions of the secret ACTA treaty and come to the conclusion that it could 'eliminate sovereign choice on domestic copyright policy' for those involved. While no one knows the exact provisions being negotiated except those involved, recent leaks indicate that they want to force our governments to enact a global DMCA that outlaws DRM-circumvention as well as providing a notice & take-down mechanism, to force ISPs to become copyright cops by making them liable for the actions of third parties, and to implement a something like the infamous 'three strikes' law where those who are accused of violating too many copyrights are banned from communicating over the internet, ever (unless you're Nicolas Sarkozy). This is the same treaty where FOIA requests have been blocked on grounds of national (political) security. Interestingly, neither China nor Russia appear to be party to the negotiations. So it seems very likely that large commercial pirates the treaty allegedly targets won't actually be affected, while ordinary people could be forced into unemployment or underemployment after getting banned from the internet." Link to Original Source
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