SOPA may have been stopped in its tracks for now but for those who may have been too SOPA-distracted to notice, there is still the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)....
Read more …SOPA may have been stopped in its tracks for now but for those who may have been too SOPA-distracted to notice, there is still the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
ACTA is an international treaty that seeks to establish copyright protection and IP standards. It’s similar to SOPA and PIPA but is said to be even more dangerous. Most European Union member states have signed ACTA. It has has also been signed by Poland, France, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, South Korea and the U.S. According to those who are against SOPA, many of the things that have been popularly rejected about SOPA are basically implied in ACTA.
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