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Here's That Leaked Copyright Treaty Document

wired.com — Here's the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement document, as it appeared on Wikileaks today. It amounts to policy laundering at its finest -– that the United States is pushing the world to require ISPs to adopt “graduated response” policies that amount to terminating internet service of repeat, copyright offenders.

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  • aforsberg, on 11/06/2009, -3/+75Hmm. How about this--
    The ISPs get our money. They give us service. The government runs the country. The RIAA and MPAA goes and ***** itself. Good developers and groups get money once people know a product is good. The system works.
  • jwolcott, on 11/06/2009, -1/+65Money corrupts. Always.
  • MacBookForMe, on 11/06/2009, -3/+56These political crooks are just asking for some new revolutionary resitence...
  • yocouchdigga, on 11/06/2009, -5/+46First they came for the /b/tards, and I did not speak out—because I was not a /b/tard;
    Then they came for the lolcats, and I did not speak out—because I was not a lolcat;
    Then they came for the youtubers, and I did not speak out—because I (hate them) was not a youtuber;
    Then they came for me—

    This can not be tolerated. Make no mistake about it, we are under attack, denizens of the internet... with the bill the ISP have their puppet McCain pushing and this *****, it's past time to take a stand. Man the harpoons: http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
    Over 800,000 people are jailed over a relatively harmless plant, every year. You're kidding yourself if you think that with our for profit prison system, they won't find room for you too. We must make our voices heard. Our governments should be too afraid of us to try to pull this kind of crap. It's time to wake the ***** up and do something, people. The line has been crossed.
  • Flynnz, on 11/06/2009, -1/+31and so off to the nearest wifi hotspot I go!.
  • Bacontastic, on 11/06/2009, -6/+35Let's all get Guy Fawkes masks, learn how to throw knives, and ***** some ***** up.

    Yeah, I watched V for Vendetta last night, what of it?
  • JYoungest1, on 11/06/2009, -1/+25The only way they could push this into action is by keeping it a secret. What a bunch of dicks.
  • deadsoldier, on 11/07/2009, -1/+20Woah! Good job on circumventing my AdBlockPlus Digg! There is more Dragon Age on this page, than actual page!
    Not to worry, i shall now go and figure out how to block this abomination as well.
    WTF Digg.. seriously?
  • DaviDTC, on 11/06/2009, -0/+16Finally, some site gives the .pdf they have been talking about.
  • prakash1234, on 11/07/2009, -1/+17watch indie movies, music by independent artists, boycott big labels educate your children
  • Skootles, on 11/07/2009, -0/+13WTF is with this full page ad squishing all the comments?
  • Moralogic, on 11/07/2009, -0/+12I love anonymous. We need more groups like them willing to fight the good fight for people's rights, well being, and so on. A lot of people out there need to hack these politician's email accounts and expose them for their dirty deeds, all of them, in both parties.
  • Leesfer, on 11/07/2009, -0/+11I like you.
  • borez, on 11/07/2009, -0/+11Woah there Digg ... some advertising company has just thrown up over this story?

    I understand you need to make money.... but please, leave it out.
  • tgc1, on 11/07/2009, -0/+11Wow i'm going to TOTALLY go out and buy Dragon Age now.

    /s
  • the2989, on 11/06/2009, -1/+10This would put ISPs out of business entirely if this was pushed. That would spell all sorts of problems for the people who are pushing for it.
  • cyberwarriorx, on 11/07/2009, -1/+8"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

    Thanks Lord Acton
  • Greengoo, on 11/07/2009, -1/+8He's not president. He's a Senator. Moron.
  • QubitTarutaru, on 11/07/2009, -0/+7If I buy a device, I can do the hell I want with it.

    This treaty is essentially to give rights of a few to deny the rights of many.

    How long before they title it something like "Portable Device Liberation", "Internet Freedom", or ... "Digital Rights..." I feel sick...
  • s73v3r, on 11/07/2009, -0/+7McCain is pushing the doubletalk-ly named "Internet Freedom Act"
  • MAGZine, on 11/07/2009, -0/+6om nom nom nom.

    (that's kevin eating money for breakfast)
  • Yage2006, on 11/07/2009, -1/+7I laugh at you close minded morons who work for the entertainment industry who only think this is about people downloading ignore the fact that this could and will destroy most user driven content sites like youtube,facebook so on.

    It also about peoples rights. Its one thing to have a dmca takedown notice which is fine in my book but leaving it up to a individual rights holder to file a complaint is *****.

    Its stuff like this that makes people hate you and makes them not want to support you.
  • FyberOptic, on 11/07/2009, -0/+6There's nothing to worry about here anyway. Stuff like banning people for downloading copyrighted material was JUST knocked down in Europe. They won't even allow a three-strikes rule. It has to go to a trial so that you have the right to defend yourself. So there's no way there will be international agreement on something like this if a major group like Europe would never agree. Other stuff in it is minor and some is already happening here (like breaking DRM, which us already illegal under our DMCA). They just want it to be global rules.

    Of course, it all comes back down to stupid politicians who have so much MPAA/RIAA money up their asses that they'll try to invent any sort of stupid legislation to push the recording industry's dumb agenda. That's why you don't vote for anyone who takes their bribes.
  • miggyb, on 11/07/2009, -1/+6"downloaders arent customers."

    Not with an attitude like that, we're not. Die in a chemical fire.
  • tgc1, on 11/07/2009, -0/+4I noticed this not too long ago. ***** annoying! Grrrr....
  • earthforce1, on 11/07/2009, -0/+4Adblock plus:
    Add filter
    |http://cotnet.diggstatic.com/img/skins/*

    Now everything is black on the sides, but at least I don't have to look at that garish ad.
  • DaviDTC, on 11/06/2009, -0/+4s7 never mentioned anything about how many times he has seen it either or when the first time was. He is saying that he did more than just watch it.

    "You only watched V for Vendetta last night?" I did more than just watch it.

    Who was jumping to conclusions?
  • DanielPhermous, on 11/07/2009, -1/+5"I laugh at all you fag downloaders whining."

    Yes, well, it's not new for Universal to be insulting their customers.
  • erkokite, on 11/07/2009, -0/+4***** YOUR DRAGON AGE, KEVIN ROSE!
  • javaroast, on 11/07/2009, -1/+5Nah you are a 2 bit troll. Work on your delivery a bit and you'll get there.
  • DanielPhermous, on 11/07/2009, -1/+4I teach at college and, yeah, the students in the 16-23 range generally download so as not to have to buy. After about 24, though, they start downloading to either try before they buy or because the content is simply not available any other way.

    This is in Australia, by the way. We're still waiting for 9 to be released in cinemas. Guess what everyone's doing while they wait for it's official release in February?

    Go on, guess.
  • bagelmaster, on 11/07/2009, -1/+4ndjustin is being blinded by red vs blue politics... he's already a victim of the system. And just so this moron knows: congress makes the laws and passes them, the President signs them into law or vetoes them then if someone files suit the US Supreme Court either upholds the law as legit or repeals it as unconstitutional (which this law clearly is, it is not government's role to tell ISPs what to do).
  • Jaime2000, on 11/07/2009, -0/+3http://www.wikileaks.org/leak/acta-drafts-2009.pdf

    Does this look like one guy's blog?
  • evergrim, on 11/07/2009, -0/+3Remember, remember the Fifth of November,: The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,: I know of no reason: Why the Gunpowder Treason: Should ever be forgot.
  • s73v3r, on 11/07/2009, -0/+3I meant as in that was the only thing he did, not that he didn't watch it until last night.
  • Namco, on 11/06/2009, -3/+6No, he said he watched V for Vendetta last night, but made no mention of how many times he's seen it, when he had first seen it, nor did he intimate that it was his first time watching it. You, sir, have jumped to a conclusion!
  • Praystation, on 11/07/2009, -0/+3THEY TOOK OUR INTERNETS!!
  • brainpile3000, on 11/07/2009, -0/+2Universal really employs some quality upstanding people I see.
  • rkenned, on 11/07/2009, -1/+3Actually, as much as I hate to be standing up for Mccain on a technology issue, this is somewhat the opposite of the bills Mccain has pushed for in the past. McCain's "anti-net neutrality" legislation pushed for decreased government regulation of ISP's, while this treaty would push for increased government regulation of ISP's.

    Now, granted both approaches would have virtually the same detrimental effect, and its entirely possible (perhaps probable) that Replublicans claim ISP regulation is bad for one bill, and good for another. However, based on the regulations that Republicans have been pushing, this treaty doesn't seem like it has their stench to it.
  • HeavyWave, on 11/07/2009, -0/+2And Digg is the best example ;)
  • bagelmaster, on 11/07/2009, -0/+2I highly doubt that they're putting the all good stuff (Meaning the terrible stuff) in their emails.
  • fwertz, on 11/07/2009, -0/+2Anyone recruiting for a DDoS? Where do I sign?
  • s73v3r, on 11/06/2009, -2/+3You only watched V for Vendetta last night? I happened to burn Guy Fawkes in effigy, while eating baked potatoes.

    Remember, Remember, the 5th of November.
  • rkenned, on 11/07/2009, -0/+1@gink, That's pretty much what I was saying. His suggestions would be just as detrimental to the internet as we know it, but they are entirely different nonetheless.

    Basically, the difference between McCain and whoever came up with this (assuming Obama but who knows) would be that if Mccain's bill passed, then the internet would be destroyed by ISP's, whereas if this were to pass the internet would be destroyed by the RIAA, MPAA, and other copyright trolls.
  • erkokite, on 11/07/2009, -0/+1I just blocked the image in ABP. If you want to see something really awesome, ABP this:
    http://cotnet.diggstatic.com/*
    Digg reverts to 1996.
  • Zurahn, on 11/07/2009, -0/+1A custom stylesheet with these attributes:

    body{background: #E5ECF3 none repeat scroll 0 0 !important;}
    #container{max-width:1200px !important;}
    .sponsored{display:none;}

    Also corrects the issue (primarily for Opera users)
  • Akraz, on 11/07/2009, -0/+1wtf
  • tgc1, on 11/07/2009, -0/+1How long before big media starts going after independent artists claiming infringement or similarities between performances or artistic works? It's coming I think. It won't be long before the media industry goes out of their way to copyright and IP everything in existence and erase the public domain from history.
  • adhiza, on 11/07/2009, -0/+1Where is the FSM when we need him?
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