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EU secretly pushing to put kids in jail for sharing music:
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EU secretly pushing to put kids in jail for sharing music:

Quote:More leaks from behind the scenes at the secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations: the EU is pushing for criminal sanctions for non-commercial copyright infringement. That means putting kids in jail for trading music with one another.

"The ACTA agreement, by its opacity and undemocratic nature, allows criminal sanctions to be simply negotiated. The leaked document shows that the EU Member States are willing to impose prison sanctions for non-commercial usages of copyrighted works on the Internet as well as for 'inciting and aiding', a notion so broad that it could cover any Internet service or speech questioning copyright policies. EU citizens should interrogate their governments about their support to policies that obviously attack freedom of speech, privacy and innovation. Around the next round of negotiations and beyond, ACTA should be restlessly combatted and opposed worldwide." concludes Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson for citizen advocacy group La Quadrature du Net.

Leak: EU pushes for criminalizing non-commercial usages in ACTA (Thanks, Adam!)

* ACTA leak: Now we know who is against transparency - USA, Korea ...
* Biggest-ever ACTA leak: secret copyright treaty dirty laundry ...
* EU Data Protection czar comes out against ACTA; EU analysis of ...
* EU Parliament votes 663-13 against ACTA's enforcement measures ...
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* How ACTA will change the world's internet laws

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Re: EU secretly pushing to put kids in jail for sharing music:

I hope they die in a fire.

Also... anti-counterfeiting? What's that got to do with copying music? Confused

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Re: EU secretly pushing to put kids in jail for sharing music:

This stuff is just so disgusting. The thought that peoples greed extends as far as throwing children in jail just to make a few extra bucks is despicable.
These people are off their fucking rockers.
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lol European Union
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FUCK YEAH CAPITALISM

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Thought Criminal Wrote:This stuff is just so disgusting. The thought that peoples greed extends as far as throwing children in jail just to make a few extra bucks is despicable.
These people are off their fucking rockers.

Exactly, this is disgusting, and spreading. Noo
How long do we have until they bust in the door?

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