14. ACTA

  SOPA/PIPA have recently been stopped. However, there is a something worse that has been in the works for much longer. This new threat is known as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA. From the name it might not sound like it would have a large impact on the internet, but it would. ACTA basically has SOPA built in, but a harsher version. ACTA is also world-wide.

  With SOPA, it would take under a minute to completely bypass. Under ACTA, this would be illegal. To add to that, they would have enough surveillance in place to catch anybody foolish enough to do it.

"ACTA has several features that raise significant potential concerns for consumers' privacy and civil liberties for innovation and the free flow of information on the Internet [regarding] legitimate commerce and for developing countries' ability to choose policy options that best suit their domestic priorities and level of economic development,"

"All signatory countries will be required to conform their domestic laws and policies to the provisions of the Agreement," said the EFF assessment. "In the U.S. this is likely to further entrench controversial aspects of U.S. copyright law. The recently leaked U.S. IP chapter also includes provisions that appear to go beyond current U.S. law. This raises significant concerns for citizens' due process, privacy and freedom of expression rights."

Source:
http://www.naturalnews.com/034802_ACTA_counterfeiting_piracy.html