If ACTA was a singular event in an otherwise perfect universe. Your stance may indeed be correct.
But, today our freedoms are being assaulted from all sides. There are global databases being build, capturing, indexing and processing all the little details of our lives as we speak.
There is an increasing tendency towards control, censorship and abuse of power throughout the world, facilitated by technology and special interests.
What the protests around ACTA are about for me is that some US private interest group basically worked to get most of the world to adopt their view on IP and privacy. If that were not bad enough, they did it in total secrecy, not allowing the public to know what the officials paid for from our pockets are doing.
Yes maybe, but given the harmless text isn't ACTA actually a fiasco for the US private interest groups?
Isn't this a evidence that there is effective political resitance and effective counter negotiation?
But, today our freedoms are being assaulted from all sides. There are global databases being build, capturing, indexing and processing all the little details of our lives as we speak.
There is an increasing tendency towards control, censorship and abuse of power throughout the world, facilitated by technology and special interests.
What the protests around ACTA are about for me is that some US private interest group basically worked to get most of the world to adopt their view on IP and privacy. If that were not bad enough, they did it in total secrecy, not allowing the public to know what the officials paid for from our pockets are doing.