ACTA Could Make Nonprofit P2Ps Face Criminal Penalties 149
dan of the north writes "Based on sources and leaked documents, Knowledge Ecology International now asserts that ACTA drafts are in fact 'formally available to cleared corporate lobbyists and informally distributed to corporate lawyers and lobbyists in Europe, Japan, and the US.' — The ACTA proposals currently include language that would make copyright infringement on a 'commercial scale,' even when done with 'no direct or indirect motivation of financial gain,' into a criminal matter. Both KEI and Canadian law professor Michael Geist, who has been working his own sources, say that the current proposals require all signatories to 'establish a laundry list of penalties — including imprisonment — sufficient to deter future acts of infringement.'"
Re:With such a clear definition of the scale requi (Score:2, Funny)
If it's not that bad how come you post anonymously?
Re:"Criminal Matter" (Score:2, Funny)
Oh, please. In spite of the right wing screeching about Obama being a far-left stealth candidate, he's a cleaner, more efficient Bill Clinton, without the personal ethical lapses to interfere with his objectives. He's headed down DLC lane.
Re:This will die if exposed to the light (Score:0, Funny)
Poor deluded loserboy nerd, Switzerland may be a direct democracy but that didn't stop their government from passing their own version of the DMCA in the general indifference. Some stupid geek tried to gather signatures online to bring a referendum on it, and failed.
The internet is going to be gutted, get over it or suicide.