My post about ACTA was obviously poorly worded. I was just trying to say that the reaction towards it isn’t helping matters. People just going crazy that they can’t illegally download music and stuff, I mean I do it, but I know that could be taken away from me and it’s not my right to be able to do that.
There are so many other things that ACTA is going to do that people are not thinking about. If you go protesting out on the street saying you want to be able to watch the latest episode of Glee online or download your favourite bands new album, that’s not going to get you anywhere because it is against the law, and it’s against the law for a good reason.
There are other things ACTA will do that we should be able to do. Like make gifs for Tumblr or make remixes of our favourite songs. Or even sites could be totally gone because of it. Internet memes (as much as they may annoy me sometimes) will cease to exist. These are things that shouldn’t be illegal. These are things that should be protested against.
I just really hope people focus on that.
teaweedandbooze:
ismisesarah:
Everyone on Facebook is going crazy cus apparently that ACTA thing is passing tomorrow in Ireland
so I made this post
“People are getting so angry about this ACTA thing. We illegally download stuff. It’s illegal. Why are we thinking it’s crazy that people want to stop that from happening? I’m not behind ACTA or anything but I mean something was gonna be done about people illegally downloading movies/music at some point obviously.”
I don’t think they’ll be pleased.
But I mean god if they’re getting all pissed about it cus they can’t download movies and stuff..
It is illegal to do that? How is that against our human rights?
I think you missed the point really. Either that or you are the best troll ever.
It’s not about being able to download pirated movies, or pirated music specifically. It’s a much broader generalisation of “copyright”. The ACTA treaty will give copyright holders, such as record labels, movie production companies, newspapers, writers etc, the power in law, to indiscriminately have websites shut down and/or fined, and the owners jailed, for hosting copyright content without permission. That actually includes your tumblr blog, and probably your facebook and youtube and twitter accounts as well. Though technically illegal to quote a writer on your twitter, post images on tumblr and have music in your youtube videos, it’s not hurting anyone.
The ACTA treaty as well as SOPA, PIPA and the Sean Sherlock Law will have no immediate effect on the mass downloading and streaming of pirated content, certainly not under my roof, because you really just can’t stop the pirates. What it will do however, is essentially hand over internet censorship powers to huge, I mean beyond belief massive, multinational corporations who will stop at nothing to make money. All record companies in the world combined are currently involved in tens of thousands of copyright breach lawsuits, the total sum being sued for? 3 times more money than is phsically in existence on the planet. You really think they aren’t putting this in place as a long term plan to shackle the internet like they did television and radio? They want to turn one of our greates innovations into a money making machine all over again.
Not only that but ACTA is so open ended it could result in breach of privacy, between the suggestions that it could lead to your laptop getting searched for pirated content at boarder checks, or ISPs monitoring everything you do online, you never know. It’s just a scary step onto the wrong road.
Piracy will always live on, these laws are all about making money despite the record companies having consistently increased profits every year since they began. It’s not about piracy, it’s about free speech. If I want to make a gif of my favorite movie, or post a clip/quote/picture of my favourite tv show online, who am i harming? Who’s profit am I taking away from? The ACTA/SOPA/PIPA legislation is only going to take away from the internet, a great tool for developing talent and brilliant minds. Censoring massive social networking sites, like YouTube, Facebook etc, or even shutting them down is going to have, in the long run a detrimental effect on the way the internet is used, and I for one won’t stand for it.
Ok so I really wasn’t clear when I put up my post so I’ve edited it.
Here’s the edit.
Edit: People have told me that there are other things happening with ACTA also. Yes I know that I was just trying to say all the people on Facebook are going crazy because of downloading movies and stuff and I think if that’s what they are getting angry about it’s stupid because it’s not like we should have rights to do that. And if they protest on that side of things it’s just fighting a losing battle.
If people protest the things that really are against what people should be allowed to do, well that’s a different story
boehnertroll:
ismisesarah:
Everyone on Facebook is going crazy cus apparently that ACTA thing is passing tomorrow in Ireland
so I made this post
“People are getting so angry about this ACTA thing. We illegally download stuff. It’s illegal. Why are we thinking it’s crazy that people want to stop that from happening? I’m not behind ACTA or anything but I mean something was gonna be done about people illegally downloading movies/music at some point obviously.”
I don’t think they’ll be pleased.
But I mean god if they’re getting all pissed about it cus they can’t download movies and stuff..
It is illegal to do that? How is that against our human rights?
The impacts of ACTA extend FAR BEYOND the fact that people can’t illegally download movies and music and other digital items. In the provision and in between the lines, iPods and laptops can be checked for copyrighted items that were obtained illegally. It also means that they can bypass rules that require someone to see their day in court. Plus it would mean that the internet would have to be monitored constantly for illegal activity. You would have no sense of privacy for the internet anymore.
So basically if you have a blog and you use a copyrighted item on your blogspace without permission, you can be sued for copyright infringement. And ISPs (Internet Service Providers) can send YOUR PRIVATE user information to companies, which they would then have a sufficient enough claim to say you are breaching copyright.
This is not just about downloading movies and music. No; it’s about the entire internet. Gifs would be considered copyright infringement. Using certain terms would be copyright infringement. Having an mp3 that you didn’t pay for on your iPod or computer would be copyright infringement. This is really serious shit.
If this passes (and I won’t be surprised if it does), the internet will not be what it once was. People will be thrown into jail and hit with fines they can’t pay because they made a gif. Media from around the world would become less accessible and more expensive (it’s already expensive to begin with). Judicial systems across the world would be backlogged with many new claims of infringement and justice systems could shut down. And the pockets of the extremely wealthy big cats in Hollywood will get that much thicker and bigger, while the everyday citizen of a first world country will see their money shrink and lose value.
Your comment just showed that you don’t know anything about this treaty. This is going to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. It’s that simple. Your politicians in Ireland and many politicians in my country of the United States only care about putting money in their own pockets and serving the needs of the big wig lobbyists. Thankfully PIPA and SOPA were shelved indefinitely in my country, but the United States penned ACTA, so this could absolutely apply to my country, as well.
People have every right to freak out. What we do on the internet will not be private anymore and it will essentially become no-man’s land with landmines in every which way. That is what’s going to happen.
I know full well there are other things that will happen with ACTA
I am just commenting on the fact that everyone on my Facebook seems to be focusing and moaning about the downloading movies/music part of it, as if it’s somehow their right to do that
And if they are just going to protest on that side of things they are fighting a losing battle
Everyone on Facebook is going crazy cus apparently that ACTA thing is passing tomorrow in Ireland
so I made this post
“People are getting so angry about this ACTA thing. We illegally download stuff. It’s illegal. Why are we thinking it’s crazy that people want to stop that from happening? I’m not behind ACTA or anything but I mean something was gonna be done about people illegally downloading movies/music at some point obviously.”
I don’t think they’ll be pleased.
But I mean god if they’re getting all pissed about it cus they can’t download movies and stuff..
It is illegal to do that? How is that against our human rights?
Edit: People have told me that there are other things happening with ACTA also. Yes I know that I was just trying to say all the people on Facebook are going crazy because of downloading movies and stuff and I think if that’s what they are getting angry about it’s stupid because it’s not like we should have rights to do that. And if they protest on that side of things it’s just fighting a losing battle.
If people protest the things that really are against what people should be allowed to do, well that’s a different story
