ACTA draft limits ISP powers2010-09-07 09:18 by DanielaTags: ACTA, ISP, Internet
A global policing role for Internet service providers (ISPs) has been deleted from the latest Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) draft leaked onto the world wide web. The progress of the ACTA treaty deliberations has regularly been leaked online with nearly every working draft getting an airing. This time a rights organisation called the Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) is hosting a PDF of the latest draft after a round of talks in Washington. Previous versions have been confirmed so there's little reason to doubt the veracity of this story. There are several changes in the latest draft that, against all odds, look like they weren't ghost-written by media content providers. These include omission of the feared three strikes ban and, best of all, ISP's aren't required to monitor the Internet and their subscribers like unpaid enforcers for the music and film cartels. They will remain as communications service providers and will not be your friendly neighbourhood rozzers. We reported on amendments to the three strikes proposal in April after version eight of the draft was leaked online. The proposal's updated amendments to three strikes struck a blow against the copyright cartels' designs and the proposals enshrined in the UK's Digital Economy Act. Read more -here-
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