My dear friends,
Music and movie industry lobbyists keep telling us that we need to get rid of filesharing on the Internet.
Luc Devigne from the European Commission
will give you the details of our plan...
We know that filesharing doesn't harm sales;
that the entertainment industry only wants to preserve its control
over the distribution of content.
We also know that stopping file sharing is impossible
without destroying the Net.
But we can use filesharing as a pretext
to gain control of the Internet, in order to remain in power!
We are gathered today
amongst like-minded countries, to negotiate a secret agreement.
We don't have to bother with parliaments or public opinion!
We can use it to control the Internet,
but we can also use it to please the pharmaceutical industry
by blocking generic medicines in transit to poor countries!
Let me introduce you...
ACTA!
ACTA is a weapon of mass legal uncertainty.
By putting legal and monetary pressure on any Internet access provider, or any service provider,
the entertainment industries will be able to force them
to filter the Net, remove content, and block access to users.
Now John can you show the content of your USB flash drive
to ACTA ?