It isn't over. I will refrain from ranting and as I am very angry at the whole idea.

SOPA/PIPA, for now, are supposed to be shelved. (What is SOPA/PIPA? Here was another thread on it: http://community.istaria.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=24977) We have been heard.

And now what is ACTA?
Video info: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=citzRjwk-sQ

Five facts:

1. ACTA isn't the "European" SOPA. It's nearly GLOBAL, and will apply to every country that signs the treaty.

2. ACTA is far more aggressive. ACTA will not simply affect websites and have them blocked out of the internet - its measures go as far as surveillance of anything you share through private channels.

3. ACTA doesn't have a campaign against it that is as wide-spread and organized as the SOPA one. This is DANGEROUS, as there's less time between now and the final signing of ACTA.

4. ACTA has effects on healthcare, trade, and even tourism.

5. ACTA has to be stopped.

Though, apparently US governement and other countries' governements have been doing this ACTA in secret since a few years. Now as I hear they are trying to rush the discussions to try to pass it. So yeah people, it doesn't affect only US citizens. If this passes, it's just like the previous bills but more agressive, it could censor and block many websites we love (Facebook, Youtube, DeviantArt, etc). This is again an attack to freedom of speech. They could be able to go into your computer, your privacy.

Not long ago, Megaupload sharing website was taken down by FBI. The owners in New-Zealand were deported to US to pass in court (and probably to go in prison). Shortly after, an organisation named Anonymous attacked and took down the FBI website for a time, along with other websites. It even passed on the news over here in Canada.

Videos from Anonymous: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smb-cFSDXrw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGlB36XrbI4

Operation Black March, something you can do to protest: http://senkafeline.deviantart.com/ar...PIPA-281199698

Petitions against ACTA:
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition...ernet/MwfSVNBK
http://www.stopp-acta.info/english/g.../petition.html
http://www.avaaz.org/en/acta
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/...a/sign.html#se
http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-sopa-pipa-and-acta
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/20850

Spread all this! STOP ACTA!!!