Yeah expect that shit to intensify after July of this year when ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) is set to pass at the G8 summit. It will set up it's own international governing body that doesn't need to answer to national laws.
What it will do:
* It will give governments the right to require ISPs to collect information about your downloading habits and turn them over to law enforcement agencies without a warrant.
* Attempt to push to make the sale of blank DVDs and CDs illegal, as well as DVD and CD burners.
* Random laptop and mp3 device checks by customs at border crossings and international airports.
* Challenge numerous "fair use" laws, such as the one Bulbagarden itself uses to post Pokemon pictures.
Discuss. It seems to be violating pretty much any right to privacy anyone could expect to have ever online, or with their own personal digital media.
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=ae997868-220b-4dae-bf4f-47f6fc96ce5e
What it will do:
* It will give governments the right to require ISPs to collect information about your downloading habits and turn them over to law enforcement agencies without a warrant.
* Attempt to push to make the sale of blank DVDs and CDs illegal, as well as DVD and CD burners.
* Random laptop and mp3 device checks by customs at border crossings and international airports.
* Challenge numerous "fair use" laws, such as the one Bulbagarden itself uses to post Pokemon pictures.
Discuss. It seems to be violating pretty much any right to privacy anyone could expect to have ever online, or with their own personal digital media.
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=ae997868-220b-4dae-bf4f-47f6fc96ce5e
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