It's uncanny how as soon as the immediate menace of Sopa and PIpa seems to fade away a new agreement, rather secretly discussed between all countries in the world since 2008, is about to emerge and oh my, doesn't that one have an ugly head: ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) wants to establish new international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement.
While ACTA sounds fine for counterfeit goods (come on, no one serious about what she/he wears would want to be taken alive with a fake Vuitton bag) and all generic medecines (we don't mean the illegal sugar pill one buys on the internet on the promess it's the best weight control pill ever) , ACTA comes with a new array of measures about copyright infringement on the Internet that actually will be very counter-productive and rather against the tide. Not mentionning being organically prepared as a weapon against freedom and self expression on the net.
Copyright infringments need to be tackled down for sure. And there are ways to do it, and there are ways to just blast in the store with an armoured vehicle. Studies have shown that consumers are willing to buy content they would otherwise...