o pár dní svetová politická elita rozhodne, či sa skupine amerických mediálnych korporácií a právnikov podarí presadiť spôsob, ako sa bez súdneho splnomocnenia preberať kohokoľvek internetovou aktivitou a konfiškovať laptopy na letiskách. nech si v OSN, WIPO či krajinách mimo G8 hovorí kto chce čo chce..

..zajtra totiž začína summit G8 v Tokyu, na programe je popri rozvojovom programe pre Afriku, klimatických zmenách, terorizme, zastavení šírenia nukleárnych zbraní a strastiach svetovej ekonomiky aj -- prípadné schválenie dokumentu ACTA, ktorý má výrazne pritvrdiť v presadzovaní IP (a ktorý ide omnoho ďalej ako momentálne debatovaný IPRED2, ktorý je v EU namierený proti komerčnému pirátstvu):

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed plurilateral trade agreement that would impose strict enforcement of intellectual property rights related to Internet activity and trade in information-based goods. The agreement is being secretly negotiated by the governments of the United States, the European Commission, Japan, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Canada, and Mexico. If adopted at the 34th G8 summit in July 2008, the treaty would establish an international coalition against copyright infringement, imposing a strong, top-down enforcement regime of copyright laws in developed nations. The proposed agreement would allow border officials to search laptops, MP3 players, and cellular phones for copyright-infringing content. It would also impose new cooperation requirements upon internet service providers (ISPs), including perfunctory disclosure of customer information, and restrict the use of online privacy tools.

* Border searches
Newspaper reports indicate that the proposed agreement would empower security officials at airports and other international borders to conduct random ex officio searches of laptops, MP3 players, and cellular phones for illegally downloaded or "ripped" music and movies. Travelers with infringing content would be subject to a fine and may have their devices confiscated or destroyed.

* ISP cooperation
The leaked document includes a provision to force internet service providers to provide information about suspected copyright infringers without a warrant, making it easier for the record industry to sue music file sharers and for officials to shut down non-commercial BitTorrent websites such as The Pirate Bay.

* Enforcement
ACTA would create its own governing body outside existing international institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or the United Nations.

dokument vzišiel v minulom októbri z iniciatívy americkej (kvázi-)ministerky obchodu a piatich členov Kongresu z výboru pre IP a pirátstvo. tak napríklad prehľad najvyšších príspevkov na volebnú kampaň jedného z nich:
Rep. Howard Berman
Top four campaign contributions for 2006:
Time Warner $21,000
News Corp $15,000
Sony Corp of America $14,000
Walt Disney Co $13,550
Top two Industries:
TV/Movies/Music $181,050
Lawyers/Law Firms $114,200

viac:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Proposed_US_ACTA_multi-lateral_intellectual_property_trade_agreement_(2007)

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