ACTA chapter leaked -- bad for everyone

[thewayne]

"Cory Doctorow is reporting on a leaked copy of the 'internet enforcement' portion of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. He describes it as reading like a 'DMCA-plus' with provisions for third-party liability, digital locks, and 'a duty to technology firms to shut down infringement where they have "actual knowledge" that such is taking place.' For example, this could mean legal responsibility shifting to Apple for customers copying mp3s onto their iPods." Adds an anonymous reader, "Michael Geist points out that the leaks demonstrate that ACTA would create a Global DMCA and move toward a three-strikes-and-you're-out system. While the US has claimed that ACTA won't establish a mandatory three strikes system, it specifically uses three-strikes as its model."

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/21/2136238/ACTA-Internet-Chapter-Leaked-mdash-Bad-For-Everyone?art_pos=10

I think it's a little much to say bad for everyone. It's Hollywood's wet dream.

Comments

[silveradept]

Wow. That would certainly kill off just about every technological innovation of the last ten years, especially on the Web. I think the only people who might benefit from this are Hollywood studios, the RIAA, and newsprint corporations.

[thedragonweaver.livejournal.com]

Except that they'd lose all third-party innovation, which is where it's happening.

[silveradept]

They're okay with that, we think. If they're the only people that can produce and promote the media, well, you either go to them for your fix or you do without.

Excepting for the indie scenes and the like, but those can be gobbled up and turned into more mass-market sludge. Where are you going to find their recordings when your precious Intarwebs will be foreced boot you off if it even looks like you might be infringing on someone?