ACTA Has Passed

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Frankly, it seems to apply more to physical products and distribution of bootlegged software for profit more than anything else. Furthermore, most fan art and fiction isn't published with intent for profit, which would likely make them exempt. Hopefully I didn't misinterpret what I've read about ACTA, though... :(
 
Apollo the Incinermyn said:
Frankly, it seems to apply more to physical products and distribution of bootlegged software for profit more than anything else. Furthermore, most fan art and fiction isn't published with intent for profit, which would likely make them exempt. Hopefully I didn't misinterpret what I've read about ACTA, though... :(
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That sounds about right. I think as long as it's not bootlegged and turned for profit, or fan art/fan-fiction with intent on making a profit, as Apollo stated, then it should be fine.
 
The treaty may be on a global level, but it's localized laws that have to be enforced by its provisions apparently. If memory serves, countries like the US have things like the Fair Use Act in place that still allow regular people to reference, mention, and/or promote copyrighted products so long they aren't outright claiming that they own the copyright of said products. In all honesty, it would be a very low blow by media, gaming companies, etc. to wage war on their supporters by attacking fan projects such as artwork and fiction based on this treaty. They'd actually stand to lose a lot of money because of people would stop buying their merchandise altogether out of anger.
 
Wait... If they are looking at YOUR Internet browser, then isn't that against privacy law? I mean its illegal to hack someone's computer and yet that's pretty much what there doing -_-
 
Like I've said many times, you will not be monitored on the internet. This is simply a treaty to prevent actual piracy. Fan-fiction, videos on YouTube, they're all fine and dandy. Selling/Buying illegal or pirated products is what ACTA is really aiming for. I'm still reading here and there and have not found anything saying otherwise.
 
Stop worrying. They wouldn't have any right to sneak on our accounts. Like Zade said, they wouldn't do this to us. But if they truly did this, then they're very misguided. :p
 
The bigger idea is that ISPs have to report any suspicious activity to government agencies within their respective countries, I thought. Case in-point, if someone in the US is distrubuting and/or downloading counterfeited versions of (oh, say) Microsoft's software, then it would have to be report to an agency such as the FBI and handled by them from there on.
 
Lol....my local swap meet has SO much copyrighted material. I wonder if there will be major busts by the police there now....
 
Something I just recently heard; even if your ISP bans certain sites URL's - which is all they can do - you will still be able to access the sites that you want to by navigating their via their IP addresses.

Just something interesting.
 
I was trying to see earlier If I could still watch full episode streams of TV Shows off the Internet and apparently it's not letting me anymore for free unless I subscribe in order to watch it. So either the U.S. Government has already gotten away with making it hard to view TV Shows online cause now it seems like I'm now limited to what I watch online nowadays.
 
Card Slinger J said:
I was trying to see earlier If I could still watch full episode streams of TV Shows off the Internet and apparently it's not letting me anymore for free unless I subscribe in order to watch it. So either the U.S. Government has already gotten away with making it hard to view TV Shows online cause now it seems like I'm now limited to what I watch online nowadays.
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...I'm pretty sure most websites that stream TV have some sort of subscription involved. That's nothing new.
 
Card Slinger J said:
I was trying to see earlier If I could still watch full episode streams of TV Shows off the Internet and apparently it's not letting me anymore for free unless I subscribe in order to watch it. So either the U.S. Government has already gotten away with making it hard to view TV Shows online cause now it seems like I'm now limited to what I watch online nowadays.
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Yeah, this has nothing to do with the US Government trying to make shows harder to view online. A lot of websites do that anyways, and some companies actually have people pay to view TV shows and movies off the Internet (i.e. Netflix, Blockbuster, etc.).
 
I'm mainly talking about shows like Family Guy and Doctor Who, Anime in general
I guess has gotten a little harder to watch nowadays online but it hasn't been doing so well throughout the past decade.
 
so wait, if you download a pirated game would acta effect you? or is it only if you put a pirated game for download and make a profit from it?
 
sky78 said:
so wait, if you download a pirated game would acta effect you? or is it only if you put a pirated game for download and make a profit from it?
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Downloading a pirated game in general is illegal. ACTA being passed doesn't change that.
 
Downloading pirated software has been illegal for a while. ACTA was meant to step-up enforcement on an international level.

In any case, this thread is dated since ACTA hasn't been brought up in months.
 
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