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Geek Culture / ACTA: Internet Censorship

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That C++ Nerd
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Posted: 27th Aug 2010 05:59 Edited at: 29th Aug 2010 00:40
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NOTICE: This thread is NOT for heated political debate, it is simply something I wanted to bring to your attention, as this is an important issue.

PSA about ACTA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNKZTVvgTjY


Additional info:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yzR-1dbA_c

http://www.anti-acta.com/ The reason
http://ifmovement.org/forum/ The movement
http://www.occultusterra.com/ The attack

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Neuro Fuzzy
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Posted: 27th Aug 2010 06:18
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I agree that it's a pretty big issue, but as long as open source communities continue to grow, and information sites like Wikipedia or other sites with free, correct educational material stay up, the internet won't be changed as much as some people make it out to be.

the thing that really really worries me is the search of digital intellectual property. A government backed association would seriously have the ability to manipulate virtually anything hooked up to the internet, save for the programmer/cryptographer/hacker elites. In a decent modern country there needs to be room for rebellion and anti-government things. Like the cliche goes, people shouldn't be afraid of their governments, their governments should be afraid of the people.

If it becomes standard to search intellectual property when travelling around... I'll help support against that.


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That C++ Nerd
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Posted: 27th Aug 2010 06:28
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For me, it's less about the copyright infringement and more about the censorship. ACTA would effectively put a regulatory handle on the internet.

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Fatal Berserker
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Posted: 27th Aug 2010 11:16 Edited at: 27th Aug 2010 11:26
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that didnt explain what is happpening?

whats going on, who are these ACTA people?

Men in white overalls? with white masks? that kind of thing?


'Did you pay for the songs on your iPod? Under the new law, that instantly classifies you as a criminal, and the same classification as murderers and rapists.'
http://www.anti-acta.com/

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Benjamin
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Posted: 27th Aug 2010 12:06
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Hilarious video description.
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Posted: 27th Aug 2010 14:47
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We'll fight them, to the death it is!

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That C++ Nerd
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Posted: 27th Aug 2010 16:57
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More links added.

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Posted: 27th Aug 2010 18:45
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Here's a funny little point my friend brought up. One of the dangers with political-esque posts on TGC, is that they can potentially violate the forum rules.

Technically speaking, he said "If a Moderator was to delete/lock the thread, it would almost be like they were proving the existence of internet censorship." <--Some food for thought. Irony

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Metal Devil123
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Posted: 27th Aug 2010 19:23
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I think we already had a thread about this. It was called Fight ACTA or something, and it had a pointless vlogger video in it and so on.
Quote: ""If a Moderator was to delete/lock the thread, it would almost be like they were proving the existence of internet censorship." "

No, not at all... it's like posting pornography or swearpords and saying, if a moderator locks it, they are proving the existence of internet censorship. It's the rules, so it wouldn't.
I already ate that food and what came out from the other end, was pretty good.

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Shadowtroid
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I think your sources are a bit biased.

I'm not sure anti-acta.com would be a fair source.

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Neuro Fuzzy
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Quote: "If a Moderator was to delete/lock the thread, it would almost be like they were proving the existence of internet censorship.""

a form of internet censorship exists?!?!?! Dear god!

the video's kinda silly...


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That C++ Nerd
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Posted: 27th Aug 2010 21:39
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Quote: "the video's kinda silly..."


Have you seen the other ACTA videos? The only reason why I posted this one because it's the only one that's serious whatsoever, and actually somewhat professional. All the others are Microsoft Sam narrating over low res jpegs. :-P

To be honest, I think this video should make a lot of sense to fellow geeks. Like I said, it's the handle of a regulatory body that bothers me. And, according to the Stanford prison experiment, this regulatory body would very likely become overzealous. Just my theory.

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Herakles
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I hate any form of government censorship. The governments job is to enforce the law, not to make it. There's this thing called freedom of speech, and the government has no right whatsoever to limit it.

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Kevin Picone
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The cause may well have some merit, but the clip looks like is put together as if they're taking "101 in emotional manipulation" classes.


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Quote: "The cause may well have some merit, but the clip looks like is put together as if they're taking "101 in emotional manipulation" classes."


I can understand where you're coming from. I think the objective of this particular video is to raise awareness, rather than inform.

Either way, everyone is entitled to their opinion

Whether you're pro-ACTA or anti-ACTA, it's important to know the effects and consequences it will have on the general public, and how it will affect you specifically.

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Quote: "Whether you're pro-ACTA or anti-ACTA"

I'm neather, really. I don't think anything about this ACTA...

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Awareness is one thing, but this is bordering upon scare mongering.


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Already made a thread about this a while back. Not many replies though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yzR-1dbA_c

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Quote: "Already made a thread about this a while back. Not many replies though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yzR-1dbA_c
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Ah, yes, I have seen this video. Thank you. I'll edit my post to include it.

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