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   Joseph, Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 6:35am

   
   

   Yay, more bullshit to fuel the DeviantART sperglord army and their paranoia. Really, I think we're all blowing this far out of proportion, because darknets. Nothing more, just darknets.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 6:49am

   
   

   No worries.

   I still ain't buying what they are selling LoL
   
   What else they can do, charging me for not buying?

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 7:05am

   
   

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   "Darknets" is an answer, but a bad one.
   
   Think about USA's "Prohibition". Yes, people could still get alcohol, using a wide variety of subterfuges (including speakeasies, which are probably the closest analogue to "darknets"). However, it also brought an increase in violent crime.
   
   It is better to avoid as much as possible having "darknets" as the sole remaining option.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 7:17am

   
   

   Anybody ever wonder why real criminals and business use the same tactics?
   
   http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/22/inside-a-stolen-cred.html

    

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   Anonymous, Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 7:26am

   
   

   Alternative download

   This is an alternative download link for those who do not wish to register or join Facebook to access the document.
   
   http://drop.io/hgapxiq

    

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   Trails (profile), Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 7:27am

   
   

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   The idea that speech, exchange, etc... has to run and hide from the gov't is appalling.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 7:58am

   
   

   Throw everything at the fan and hopefully something will stick. Hit them with a right, and when they get occupied blocking the right, get them with a left.
   
   Maybe this is a good strategy. Why doesn't the EFF et al do the same thing when it comes to proposals for laws that reduce IP restrictions. Propose a bill. Before the industry has a chance to respond with their lobbyists to block that bill, propose another bill. Keep bombarding politicians with laws that reduce IP restrictions until something passes. Propose one to the president. Another to a senator. Another to another senator. Another to state senators. Another to governors. Propose various possible rulings on various ground to various judges. Keep throwing things out there to everyone possible until something sticks. Offer campaign money to those who pass favorable bills.

    

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   Dark Helmet (profile), Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 8:00am

   
   

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   Actually, the idea that we are afraid of our government instead of the other way around is the appalling thing....

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 8:04am

   
   

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   Start 100 different petitions all over the place, if one petition does poorly another will do better. The petitions alone will get more people aware and hopefully interested in the subject so while early petitions may not pass, as people become more aware of the subject and sign on, later ones will. Keep trying everything possible and hope something works. Even if no one thing works initially, at least the act of trying will get politicians and the public more aware of the subject. Lets create a national anti copyright day dedicated to educating people about the absurd length of copyright law, the harm it causes society and our culture, the fact that no one has a natural right to a monopoly, and the fact that the founding fathers were very skeptical of such laws. We can have a national anti patent day too, lets separate them as much as possible. All these funky days do seem to get at least some attention.

    

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    Anonymous Coward, Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 8:14am

    
    

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    Well put. You expressed my exact sentiments; so much so that it's kinda creepy....

     

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    Josh Taylor, Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 10:05am

    
    

    This is will require in compliance to have surveillance cameras installed into residential homes to monitor people and/or families in case they do something illegal that is copyright infringement. For example, if a child copies a cartoon character of a TV using a piece of paper and a crayon, that child is violating ACTA, he/she and possibly the parents and maybe the entire family will be put in prison, because they're responsible.
    
    But what if ACTA were to be misused to arrest innocent people and/or families who dont have computers, laptops, iPods, cell phones, or any other devices that infringes copyright? You never know that your government might do that and they won't care if they mistakenly accuse families of copyright infringement even if they don't have any digital devices for piracy.

     

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    The Infamous Joe (profile), Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 11:23am

    
    

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    "There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!"-- Mario Savio's Sproul Hall speech December 3, 1964.

     

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    Bas Grasmayer (profile), Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 1:56pm

    
    

    So some research shows that some signatories of the report did not sign. One has actually been dead for a couple of years. Have a look at this: http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Liste_Eurocin%C3%A9ma#Abstract

     

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    IronM@sk, Sep 22nd, 2010 @ 9:53pm

    
    

    Re: No worries.

    They're working on that (CD levies, HDD levies).

     

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    Jane, Oct 4th, 2011 @ 2:45am

    
    

    The problem, which no one seems to be taking on board, is that under the current European Directive No 2006/24/EC, the courts and the police forces are unable to obtain data on paedophile traffic with any certainty. Anyone can groom a minor through a social forum and rest assured that his identity and any messages that he posts will not be traced. It is a disgrace. Long live Tiziano Motti.

     

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