Well i know its going to hinder my downloading uploading of torrents and shit, and if you've been under a rock about ACTA it is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which is going to put a strict law on pirated goods.
Read up!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement
For those of us in the US, Obama himself said that he wanted to pass this, and that even if you google a *insert movie name here* torrent download, to be federal offense.
Comments
It's been in the works since 2006, but this is big one, this cracks down on generic medicine in china, pirated shit on the internet, everything thats counterfeited.
Give it a year and people will have forgotten about it and get on with their lives as normal. The law is only there if you care about it.
Look at the Digital Economy Bill here in the UK. if anything, my torrent speeds have improved!
I never did like Obama. Same shit, different guy.
Same as the Patriot Act.
This. If it wasn't for Limewire and then torrents, I'd still be listening to BSB.
This. I find bands I'd never have been exposed to, and then I buy cds, posters and other stuff from the ones I like.