DjfunkmasterG
16-Jun-2008, 05:27 PM
You may or may not have heard of ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, being negotiated between the US and other territories, drafted by a California law maker.
If this Treaty passes it can act as a DMCA for global purposes, outlawing everything from, P2P, even if used legally, to region free DVD players.
http://consumerist.com/tag/copyright/?i=5014035&t=leaked-acta-treaty-will-outlaw-p2p
And in other News... the Sleazy RIAA is at it again.
One week before a lawsuit was to be dismissed by the court, the RIAA voluntairly stopped the case, only to re-file it later to get a different judge, but not informing either judge of the ole' switcheroo.
The defendants attorney, made the alert ot the court officials.
http://consumerist.com/tag/riaa/?i=5016571&t=riaa-pulls-case-before-it-can-be-dismissed-then-refiles-days-later-to-get-different-judge
If this Treaty passes it can act as a DMCA for global purposes, outlawing everything from, P2P, even if used legally, to region free DVD players.
http://consumerist.com/tag/copyright/?i=5014035&t=leaked-acta-treaty-will-outlaw-p2p
And in other News... the Sleazy RIAA is at it again.
One week before a lawsuit was to be dismissed by the court, the RIAA voluntairly stopped the case, only to re-file it later to get a different judge, but not informing either judge of the ole' switcheroo.
The defendants attorney, made the alert ot the court officials.
http://consumerist.com/tag/riaa/?i=5016571&t=riaa-pulls-case-before-it-can-be-dismissed-then-refiles-days-later-to-get-different-judge