According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), ACTA would impact multiple aspects of copyright law, the judicial system, and the role of congress in the United States alone. Among these include, but are not limited to:
- Require Internet service providers (ISPs) to disconnect individuals accused (not convicted) of repeated copyright infringement
- Require ISPs to hand over their subscribers’ identities to copyright owners without any due process or judicial oversight
- Require ISPs to make potentially expensive modifications to their networks in an effort to prevent copyright infringement
- Prohibit the U.S. Congress from reforming the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which makes it a crime to defeat copy protection even when making a copy is perfectly legal
- Require all countries to implement DMCA-like laws for their own populations, without the benefit of fair use or other legal exceptions that provide a modicum of protection for speech
- Threaten potential innovators with outrageous financial penalties for copyright infringement
- Criminalize even non-commercial uses of copyrighted materials.
As news has broke regarding ACTA (Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), it's negotiators have accelerated the process to finish by the end of 2010. There has been little or no room for input from most of those affected.
Even now, The United States and other governments world-wide are preparing for the opportunity to enforce these new regulations. But the EFF and other civil rights organizations are confronting the issue head on drafting proposals and letters to relevant political parties for their dedication in protecting the freedom of individuals to their privacy and right to innovate.
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