Sorry for the long overdue post. I hope you all had a great New Years and Christmas =)!
One thing I would like to talk about is the recent ACTA bill. For those of you who aren't aware of what ACTA is, it stands for Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
The new multi-lateral intellectual property measure is being pushed by Republican U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab, who designed much of it. The ACTA bill is apparently supported by the U.S., the European Commission (well known for its recent fining of Microsoft), Japan, and Switzerland.
The new bill would place the internet under the firm grasp of international law authorities and industry officials. ISPs operating within the U.S. and the involved nations would be forced to fully disclose consumer information. Meanwhile, use of internet privacy tools would be greatly restricted and made illegal in many cases.
The only friend I see in this is (ironically) the ACLU that would defend the civil liberty to be anonymous on the internet without being tied to an ISP, a MAC address or an IP address.
This bill should not be passed in it's current state.
Let me know what you all think!
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