RIAAssholes

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5425059/

This is a copy of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement or ACTA Treaty. While many will agree that there is a problem in that the various industries in which piracy is a threat are losing significant revenue, everyone should be aware that this is a terrifying step in the wrong direction.

From Wikipedia:

"Critics argue ACTA is part of a broader strategy of venue shopping and policy laundering employed by the trade representatives of the US, EU, Japan, and other supporters of rigid intellectual property enforcement. This strategy entails negotiating for terms in international treaties that might prove too politically unpopular to pass in national assemblies."

Global treaties being enforced because their contents are too unpopular with national assemblies. This sets a DANGEROUS precedent. Perhaps there's a reason this strategy is politically unpopular in national assemblies? The whole thing reeks of a sidestepping and totalitarian "We're going to do whatever we want" and I don't like it one bit.

More from wikipedia

A document leaked to the public in 2008 includes a provision to force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to provide information about suspected copyright infringers without a warrant.^[6] A March 2010 leak included the proposed text for this provision.^[7]

At first glance, it's easy to say "oh, no problem. Only pirates will be affected, those damn pirates, taking all the money from the poor record company executives. Look again, primarily at the words suspected, and the words without a warrant. I know we're all used to this what with the patriot act and all, but this isn't even for government agencies. This is for civil suits.

Here's the text of a leaked version
http://en.swpat.org/wiki/ACTA-6437-10.pdf_as_text#Page_12

it's a ton of legalese that would take hours to pore over but if you don't take my word for it, here it is. The coolest thing is, we can't vote on this, these are international treaties. Whatever happens, happens and we just have to sit by and do nothing while our rights are stripped away for the sake of profits.