The Atlantic Article on ACTA in a Global Capacity
Unfortunately,
internet piracy has become such a common theme in media that it has
reached the international arena. Legislation in many countries has been
modified to include bills and amendments that discuss guidelines,
definitions and consequences for internet piracy and copyright
infringement. The Atlantic had this to say about it: “In the wake of the
public outcry in the United States over proposed domestic antipiracy
legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act
(PIPA), international regulation is also taking a hit. The edifice of
the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) seems to have crumbled.
This time, however, it happened in Europe.” (P.1) Legislation on a
global scale is difficult in itself, but when the laws, themselves are
faced with widespread protest, it becomes even more complicated.
Much
of the world’s population has fought bills such as these, because they
are considered to be intrusive and enable censorship. Many are concerned
about the sheer reach of these new laws, “Some governments, such as
those of Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, see the agreement as a potential
violation of privacy and an abdication of users' rights.”(P.12) This
could cause major problems in international politics and I believe the
most dramatic problems with global legislation is yet to come. “But ACTA
could be just the beginning. In the coming years, the European
political landscape will be a particularly fertile testing ground for
the emergence of privacy, Internet-freedom and users' rights as a tenet
of foreign policy and domestic politics.” (P.13)
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