ACTA - US Wants Us All To Suffer Like They Do
The USA passed their DMCA back in October of 1998, and it seems they've been trying to get the rest of the world to suffer along with them because they can't get rid of it.
The leaked list of those countries objecting to opening up the currently secret ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) I note that the United States is top of the list. Their stance is that all countries should enact laws that are similar to, and in fact worse than, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. I can't help wondering if this is really all about "counterfeiting" or if it is simply that they're suffering because of their rush to the DMCA and want us all to suffer along with them. It's much easier to get us to pass new legislation than it is to fix their own or repeal it.
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