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Jungle Girl
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: SOPA, PIPA, MEGAUPLOAD, AND THE FUTURE OF THE FORUMS
ya... i found that out after i made the post^^;; althought there is ( or so it seems to be) protest aganst it
ACTA is a treaty, not a bill. The US constitution has a provision wherein if a treaty is signed with a foreign country, the congress must enact legislation in order to be in compliance with the treaty (this is only actually the case in about /16th of all treaties signed, though), so this provision is sometimes used to pass otherwise-controversial laws. Make it a treaty, sign without the public knowing, then go "Well, we have no choice but to sign now!". ACTA has been around a while, with drafts continually being circulated for the past couple years in closed-door meetings, and was already signed in October by a number of countries.
Copy of the treaty:You must be registered to see the links
Convenient Wikipedia article:You must be registered to see the links
In an interesting aside about MU, there may be another reason this action was taken now, as well.You must be registered to see the links
ya... i found that out after i made the post^^;; althought there is ( or so it seems to be) protest aganst it
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althought it seems under inforce but that may just be me, anyways thanks for the informing and correcting me.
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