The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama’s administration refused to disclose due to « national security » concerns, has leaked. It’s bad. It says:
* That ISPs have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material.
* That ISPs have to cut off the Internet access of accused copyright infringers or face liability.
* That the whole world must adopt US-style « notice-and-takedown » rules that require ISPs to remove any material that is accused — again, without evidence or trial — of infringing copyright.
* Mandatory prohibitions on breaking DRM