ACTA poised to censor the Internet worldwide

[wildbilln864]

"And we thought SOPA was shady doings."

"ACTA is an international trade agreement currently being negotiated by the European Union, the United States, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Australia as well as a few other countries, whose aim is to enforce copyright and tackle counterfeited goods (hence its acronym: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). "
more here...

[DJ13]

1. Its almost like SOPA and PIPA were manufactured diversions

On second thought, theres no almost about it.

The pols in DC knew our government had already signed ACTA while the rest of us were talking about those phony bills.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Well, the EFF notice linked to said their problem is...

that they don't know what's in it.

So, until we do, the world isn't coming to an end. Even when we do, it might not.

[WillyT]

3. K & R !!!

[woo me with science]

4. K&R

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. Case precedence: treaties, international agreements, etc CANNOT trump constitutional rights

My conservative hubby -- bless his heart -- told me about this while he was trying to calm down some frothing conspiracy-nutter Ron Paul acolyte.

Reid v Covert, 1957, decided --

"...no agreement with a foreign nation can confer power on the Congress, or on any other branch of Government, which is free from the restraints of the Constitution."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_v._Covert