In the lieu of SOPA/PIPA protest, the ACTA Agreement is adopted

[Ritsuki]

The problem with ACTA (at least for the USA) is that it only needs the signature of the president... Even if I doubt they're stupid enough to ignore everybody, this is dangerous. I don't really care if I can't download anymore. I don't really care if I can't watch my shows on streaming. But I liked the fact that I had the choice to do so without being considered as a criminal...

(Off topic @[member='GundamXXX']: The problem with USA and communism is that they don't really understand what it is. Most people think that it's about a dictator opressing the people.)

 

[GundamXXX]

The problem with ACTA (at least for the USA) is that it only needs the signature of the president... Even if I doubt they're stupid enough to ignore everybody, this is dangerous. I don't really care if I can't download anymore. I don't really care if I can't watch my shows on streaming. But I liked the fact that I had the choice to do so without being considered as a criminal...

(Off topic @[member='GundamXXX']: The problem with USA and communism is that they don't really understand what it is. Most people think that it's about a dictator opressing the people.)

I know... theyre idiots lol
They think socialism = communism and communism = dictatorship

 

[stanleyopar2000]

Heh... Capitalism is leading to this, to "close" the whole internet... And comunism presures the people to follow everything they say as they want... What happened to freedom? Did ever exist and in some point we lose it...? Or we just gave it away for technology?

It actualy doesn't matter where you are, if ACTA it's globally aproved, there won't be much to do, but to rebuild our society

I think it all started with the OK City Bombing with Timothy McVaye in the 1990's

The government at the time was really really pushing to get this "anti-terrorism" bill through...and after the bombings occureed....it was passed with no opposition.

The Patriot act was another bill that was crafted years ago but did not have enough clout to be pushed through. 9/11 happned. and it was passed with no opposition....

of course I could be wrong, it could have started With the assaination with JFK, as he was the last president to oppose the FBI and the fed.

 

[Ultymoo]

In the name of copyright? More like copywrong at this point, these issues are far beyond just a copyright-related thing. More protests then... Who will win? Businesses and Governments or the rest of the world?

 

[Walker D]

USA is getting over powered ..even against their own americans ...

- The president can get any american (anywhere in the world) and kill him, without any charge ..(it was approved, you know? )

- All this agreements that will destroy our freedom on the internet ( SOPA/ACTA will not be the last)

- FBA going crazy and closing everything

This is getting near to a dictatorship for me..

You can call it capitalism if you want, but man ..this is oppression

 

[stanleyopar2000]

USA is getting over powered ..even against their own americans ...

- The president can get any american (anywhere in the world) and kill him, without any charge ..(it was approved, you know? )

- All this agreements that will destroy our freedom on the internet ( SOPA/ACTA will not be the last)

- FBA going crazy and closing everything

This is getting near to a dictatorship for me..

You can call it capitalism if you want, but man ..this is oppression

hehe....the government can kill any america they want with no charge already before that was passed...ever seen the Bourne Identity?...or ever heard of Black Ops? (not COD either)

EDIT - annonmous is hacking the polish government websites because of ACTA. they said they will "review' it tomorrow
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399188,00.asp

 

[Walker D]

stanleyopar2000 But now it's law.. ...something, in theory, approved by the population in a democratically way ...what is kinda bad

 

[JustChillin1414]

Fuck. That is all.

 

[Searinox]

For those interested in why things have been going downhill like this for the past few years, here's a good source.

 

[alidsl]

 

[sputnix]

this has been around for a while hopefully people are willing to keep going after sopa

 

[Heran Bago]

The URL at the bottom of this image doesn't work.

 

[alidsl]

The URL at the bottom of this image doesn't work.

Just noticed that... It's not the URL that matter though tbh

 

[gameandmatch]

Ah so that is how the world is going to end; suicide rate skyrockets around the world.

On a serious note: This sucks. I mean their method is evading into our privacy.

 

[M[u]ddy]

Time to move to Switzerland.

 

[GundamXXX]

Time to move to Switzerland.

Euhm did you not read the post above? Switzerland joined as well...

 

[berlinka]

Even if this ends all downloading possibililties, I personally will feel a sense of freedom, because I have time to do other things except watch movies and play games...

No but seriously, people, don't worry so much, because pirating will never stop. You can make one computer (sort of) unhackable, but the internet. Just see how, as a protest to the sopa/pipa thing, they just hack a governement site!

 

[KingVamp]

They aren't going to stop until people start fighting the government physically, aren't they?

 

[ferofax]

it's been signed since October last year. back when SOPA/PIPA was just a whiff in the air.


we've been trolled, hard. maybe SOPA/PIPA was done to deliberately draw the ire of people while ACTA snuck in from behind.

 

[RchUncleSkeleton]

There needs to be a serious uprising, we need to take the power back for the people! If it comes down to it I'll have to handle some of these meatheads in black suits.