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[ NNSquad ] Summary of ACTA Discussion from "Coast to Coast AM" Last Night
Summary of ACTA Discussion from "Coast to Coast AM" Last Night
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000715.html
Greetings. Coast to Coast AM has already posted their summary
( http://bit.ly/dcH69C [Coast to Coast AM] ) of my ACTA discussion from
last night's show (which turned out to be a 2.5 hour segment including
listener questions) - http://bit.ly/9kT1Mm [Lauren's Blog]. Reaction
during the show and afterwards has been quite positive ("How come I've
never heard about this before?" e-mail has been rolling in), so as
usual it was time well spent with C2C. And as always, my thanks to
the entire C2C gang for the opportunity to discuss these important
issues.
Excerpt from C2C summary:
Weinstein pointed out that another danger of ACTA is its potential
effect on search engines and Internet service providers. Based on
his research, he surmised that the goal of the plan is to put an
overwhelming amount of liability on the "Internet intermediaries,"
who will be responsible for the actions of their users. In turn,
they would be required to police their users' actions as well as
provide that information if a user is declared to be in violation
of ACTA standards. This forced responsibility would have a
"suffocating impact" on the Internet, Weinstein observed.
Ultimately, he said, it is important to weigh the true cost of
fighting Internet piracy, declaring, "you really don't want to
create a police state to protect Iron Man 2."
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
- Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition
for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein