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ismisesarah:

Everyone on Facebook is going crazy cus apparently that ACTA thing is passing tomorrow in Ireland

so I made this post

“People are getting so angry about this ACTA thing. We illegally download stuff. It’s illegal. Why are we thinking it’s crazy that people want to stop that from happening? I’m not behind ACTA or anything but I mean something was gonna be done about people illegally downloading movies/music at some point obviously.”

I don’t think they’ll be pleased.

But I mean god if they’re getting all pissed about it cus they can’t download movies and stuff..

It is illegal to do that? How is that against our human rights?

I think you missed the point really. Either that or you are the best troll ever.

It’s not about being able to download pirated movies, or pirated music specifically. It’s a much broader generalisation of “copyright”. The ACTA treaty will give copyright holders, such as record labels, movie production companies, newspapers, writers etc, the power in law, to indiscriminately have websites shut down and/or fined, and the owners jailed, for hosting copyright content without permission. That actually includes your tumblr blog, and probably your facebook and youtube and twitter accounts as well. Though technically illegal to quote a writer on your twitter, post images on tumblr and have music in your youtube videos, it’s not hurting anyone.

The ACTA treaty as well as SOPA, PIPA and the Sean Sherlock Law will have no immediate effect on the mass downloading and streaming of pirated content, certainly not under my roof, because you really just can’t stop the pirates. What it will do however, is essentially hand over internet censorship powers to huge, I mean beyond belief massive, multinational corporations who will stop at nothing to make money. All record companies in the world combined are currently involved in tens of thousands of copyright breach lawsuits, the total sum being sued for? 3 times more money than is phsically in existence on the planet. You really think they aren’t putting this in place as a long term plan to shackle the internet like they did television and radio? They want to turn one of our greates innovations into a money making machine all over again.

Not only that but ACTA is so open ended it could result in breach of privacy, between the suggestions that it could lead to your laptop getting searched for pirated content at boarder checks, or ISPs monitoring everything you do online, you never know. It’s just a scary step onto the wrong road.

Piracy will always live on, these laws are all about making money despite the record companies having consistently increased profits every year since they began. It’s not about piracy, it’s about free speech. If I want to make a gif of my favorite movie, or post a clip/quote/picture of my favourite tv show online, who am i harming? Who’s profit am I taking away from? The ACTA/SOPA/PIPA legislation is only going to take away from the internet, a great tool for developing talent and brilliant minds. Censoring massive social networking sites, like YouTube, Facebook etc, or even shutting them down is going to have, in the long run a detrimental effect on the way the internet is used, and I for one won’t stand for it.

Being born a straight wealthy white male.

frankjavcee:

Is like running a race with the wind at your back.

ok this is important to all you irish and it will be reblogged constantly.

eikocarol:

eikocarol:

SOPA is coming to Ireland.

The Irish government have announced that before the end of January they will bring in legislation similar to SOPA in the US without any scrutiny from the Oireachtas.

If this law is passed, it will give courts the power to grant orders to ISPs and other entities suspected of infringing copyright. Irish websites that are accused of violating copyright could be blocked without there being proof. Even sites such as YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook may be blocked in Ireland if one user posts something that music and film businesses think violates a copyright. 

SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and sister legislation PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) are the names of similar legislation recently proposed in the US, which caused global public outcry last week.

International website Wikipedia went into ‘blackout’ in protest and more than 7 million Americans contacted their representatives telling them to vote it down. But I and other Irish citizens will not get that chance because the new law in Ireland is not being voted on in the Oireachtas. It will be done at the stroke of a minister’s pen and without any parliamentary debate. 

In America, the massive protests stopped the legislation in its tracks, so a similar outcry in Ireland could stop the Government from pushing through the ministerial order.

Considering that Google and Facebook are two of Dublin’s biggest technology employers, the law is also likely to hurt Ireland’s fragile economy and damage Ireland’s reputation as a place to set up tech businesses.  

This bill threatens civil rights and free access to the internet. Sign the petition now and tell Sean Sherlock to drop the legislation.

reblog this, repost this, do whatever. just sign the petition and spread the word.

sclez:

fuqdapoleez:

Please sign the petition against Ireland’s version of SOPA!!!

minguchi:

ryoura:

ashlaire:

A similar proposal to the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) proposal, that was announced in the US not long ago, is about to become law in Ireland. And while 7 million Americans contacted their representatives to say No to SOPA in the US, Irish citizens will not get that chance because the new law in Ireland is not being voted on in the Oireachtas.

Please sign the petition and spread the word! They are aiming to bring this legislation into affect in January, so we need to act quick.

Thanks for the support!

Dammit Ireland D8 Please guys? It only takes a few seconds to sign ;A;

SIGNED. 

Come on lads.

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