>my face when ACTA is passed

>>>/b/

SAUCE

>my face when i don't live in the U.S

>>>/b/

...it passed?

>>39515431
Did you troll me? What did I ever do to you?

>>39515583
yes

What does this mean?

>>39515667
source

>my face when I live in the promised land of piratism

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100822/23221710721.shtml

>>39515757

Sweden?

how does this effect me as a Canadian?

>>39515782

Can't be, Sweden joined ACTA.

>>39515757

>my face when I live in the promised land of piratism

>my face when people believe OP

>>39515782
Finland, authorities couldn't care less.

>my face when i don't live in the US

>>39515505
It's a global treaty, moron. Unless you live in somewhere like no-onegivesashitistan you'll be affected by it.
If you live in:
Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States
Then you're affected

Oh god I can't steal japanese cartoons anymore!
Doushio.

>my face when ACTA is passed

>my face when I have cheaper, faster, pirate-all-you-like internet.
>never have to worry about ACTA

>>39515816

Why yes, because ACTA is an international police force that barges into peoples' homes worldwide. No, man, Sweden actually has to ratify and enforce the treaty. With the Swedish parliament hosting TPB and Wikileaks, and Nyaa + TT hosted in Stockholm, I doubt that will ever happen.

And no, ACTA hasn't been "passed". It's an agreement between countries to cut out that pirating shit. Each country has to ratify it first. Even the US probably won't ratify it

>>39515853
my face when it doesnt even change the shitty laws that exist already here
and i might add they cant actually keep control of it

>I don't live in America
>Have to move to America end of this year

Feels bad, man.

Piracy master-race here!
No one gives a shit here.

>>39515914
ACTA can't close any sites or shut down any servers. But it will make it so that your ISP will ban you from those sites.

>>39515431
my face when I don't give a fuck

>>39515468
>implying ACTA wasn't extremely relevant for /a/
cool ignorance bro

>>39515988

Well, wake me up when that happens. Given how long ACTA and its predecessors have been in the works, I can give you a hint: never

oh no, now ill have to pay for music
and im almost sick of anime really, its gone downhill anyway

>my face when I don't give a fuck and will continue to pirate as usual

>>39516008
It's not relevant because I'm a huge buyfag.
Deal with it.

>>39515853
Haha.
I love how all you guys think that this will make a bit of difference. Any enforcement of the law will have loophole, and people willing to break it. We should be worrying about the massive rates of poverty and unemployment instead of working on this shit of a law. Don't they realize the internet addendum only affects those with constant access to a computer? It's middle class families we're talking about, not the poor people riddled with poverty that you're trying to "help" by fighting copyright infringement. I don't really understand the need for regulation on actual proucts either.

>>39515914
It's an executive agreement, so it doesn't require formal ratification.

>>39516037
Sur thing, pal.

>>39516058
Not relevant to you personally does not mean not relevant to /a/.

>My face when negotiations don't end till September and idiots kneejerk react to the OP.

>my face when I live in the promised land of piratism

>>39516074
I still don't give a fuck.

>>39516060
You do realise that this isn't only against internet piracy but against all kinds of copyright infringements, e.g. generic drugs, etc.

>>39516058
>buyfag
girls_laughing.jpg

>>39516067

Uh-huh, and executive agreements just pass, POOF, just like that

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement

The wiki page is currently pretty sabotaged, eg:

>The All Censorship Trade Agreement (ACTA) aka Hitler's Wish
>Parties: World Police and the United States, THE WORLD, ZA WARUDO and the cyber Police
>Language: English, Moonspeak
>Type of treaty: Plurilateral agreement, status draft, totalitarianism, nazism

>>39516116
>butthurt he still lives in his mothers basement and can't afford pretty merchandise.

>>39516060
well i got bad news son
the world actually doesnt give a shit about africa and its poverty, otherwise we'd be giving them all our money
think- originally we didnt give a fuck when trying to conquer africa of the consequences, now they've come we still dont give a fuck

Protip: downloading anime always was illegal.

>>39516110
If you don't care, then you don't belong in here because even if you did buy anime I'm sure you don't only watched licensed shows and enjoy waiting for them to be released after years of waiting.

The consequence is that you're either a newfag moron or a troll, so your opinion is completely worthless.

>mfw when in a decade or so the internet v2.0 has become tiered services, like cable networks, because WE DON"T WANT BIG GUBMENT REGUALSHUN IN OUR INTERTUBES FREE MARKET ARGHLEBLARGHLFREEDOMS and casualfag fucks pay $60/month for access to a handful of shit corporate kleptocracy-run websites, while Google monitors everything you do online, in order to foist personalized, un-skippable and un-blockable advertising.

>>39516167
Only if it was licensed in your country and noone got arrested for it.

Who gives a fuckeven if it did pass? People will always find new ways to pirate shit. It would just be a minor set back

>>39516186
I still don't give a shit

>>39516167
That would be in your shitty country. Awesome countries download everything they can and more and nothing happens, feels good man.

>>39516186
>I'm sure you don't only watched licensed shows
Bitches don't know about my satellites and internet re-streamings.

>>39516167
But should it be illegal? If fansubbers distribute more reliably, faster and at similar if not better quality than professional distributors, why should the government intervene to save their business model at the cost of convenience?

um, so? Just download through IRC.

>>39516110
Yet you are replying to this thread?

>>39516060
Politics lesson #1: Govenments don't really give a shit about people.

>I don't really understand the need for regulation on actual proucts either.
Politics lesson #2: Politics are heavily influenced by companies => money.

>>39516116
Yes. as I said before, I don't understand the need for it. Any products that break the copyright law can be prosecuted in said country. It's the countries responsibility, not the worlds. Why should some knockoff canon brand cameras in China affect any other economy? It's a capitalistic world no matter what you say, If you don't like a countries product being produced, produce a better cheaper one instead of prosecuting them for creating a knockoff product. I understand that stealing a brand name is the essence of what you're talking about, but as such, said company should be prosecuting, not an entire government.

>>39516216
Pro-tip: nobody cares.

>>39515988
>only ban people from blocking sites
>not even touching irc
really now?

>My face when buying anime and mango is cheaper than internet in China

>>39516228
EVERY country downloads everything they can and nothing happens. And nothing will hapen because it's impossible to punish everyone. Plus, anime is a niche entertainment and even less fucks will be given.

WHo fucking cares. Will get rid of all the faggot gaia stream/DDL faggots and leave us IRC master race to continue to do as we please

>>39516277
That it's possible to circumvent most of the things they can do in democratic countries is obvious. That piracy will still exist after ACTA is obvious as well.

The question is: why let them have it their way? Why let it come to that point at all?

>>39515853
Hmmn I don't live in those countries, moved out of the states 10 years ago

>>39516323
"THEY CAME FIRST for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

THEN THEY CAME for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

THEN THEY CAME for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

THEN THEY CAME for me
and by that time no one was left to speak up."

I demand source

this album wouldnt have reached number one in the U.S without piracy and leaks

piracy just steals from shitty media, but gives to the better media

...wait, going on that thought path im saying k-on is good, which is impossible....

>>39516348
>let them
I see no way that I can actually get them to stop going ahead with this. In theory, sure, government would listen at least, but of course not when it comes down to making and losing money.

>>39516388
forgot to add pic

why do you believe ACTA will actually pass? don't be stupid and stop getting trolled so easily

>this thread

>>39516388

Wow, you have to derail every thread don't you?

HURR K-ON SUCKS.

go back to your shonen shit. K-On is pretty much the best anime this decade. the sales in Japan don't lie.

How does this affect me?

>>39516490
It does not. Don't listen to people screaming THE SKY IS FALLING!

And not a single fuck was given that day.

>>39516476
0/10

>>39516374

They came first for the /b/tards who spread lies and overuse quotes,
and it felt good man

Hey guise, how about you just MAIL YOUR FUCKING CONGRESSMEN.

If you send out enough collective shit about ACTA, this will become cannon fodder for the Conservatards and the Libtards in the Midterm Elections.

>>39516397
I'm sure there are civil rights groups in your country. In Europe there are the various branches of the pirate party, la quadrature du net, etc.

While you personally might not be able to do much, you could at least sign petitions, be physically present on demonstrations, inform people about, even if you do nothing, by simply being present here and participating in the discussion you're spreading awareness because someone else might see it and do something of aforementioned things, or even more.

Stupid people trying to act cool like nothing is gonna happen.

That's what they said about UK and Australia.

Look where they are now.

>>39516545
Britfag here.
Nothing has changed as far as I am aware.

>>39516529
Pretty much. They'll want the support of the internet.

>>39516565
It's not like Britain wasn't already a police state.

>my face when norway isn't member of the EU.
you guys mad?

>mfw I live in Egypt

You should all come by sometime. It's nice here

>>39516596
>your face when America and the EU will bully Norway into submission.

I live in Ukraine and I don't care about some shitty acts.

>>39516300
It's impossible to punish everyone while following due process. One of the provisions in ACTA, if I remember correctly, is basically a globalized version of the DMCA, which allows companies to take you down without having to actually prove that you've done anything wrong.
Things like that should concern you far more than whatever effect there is on piracy.

>>39516638
>my face when american companies already tried to bully telenor into shutting down the internet to those who pirate, but they refused.

>>39516323
Realise this. IRC is not a secret-club-on-a-tree. It's also not an endless stream. It has finite bandwidth. If any other way of getting anime will get severely punished, more people will come to IRC, meaning less speed and more waiting times for everyone, since bots are run on donations and are unprofitable.

>>39516666
Get out of here, stalker.

>>39516715
>stalker
wut?

>>39516688
>allows companies to take you down without having to actually prove
Every time I asked for a quote from the document that backs this ridiculous claim up, I recieve nothing.

I call bullshit and shenanigans on you.

>>39516759
Never been to /v/, eh?

>>39516714

Yeah, the only reason IRC is so fast these days is because a lot of people moved on to torrents or other means.

>>39516797
Umm... u mean the game? It's shit.

>>39516838
Pretty much this.

Newfags don't know how it was having to wait for hours when a new episode was released because all bots were busy.

>>39516852
>stalker
>shit
cool story faggot

>>39516852
Stop being stupid and go drink горилки.

>>39516852
>calling STALKER shit
>Faggot detected
You're a shame for your country.

>>39515782
>>39515816

Swefag here, you can't get busted for downloading here, but you can get v& if you upload alot of shit (And by alot i mean alot, one of the few guys that got v& shared over 3000 audio books)

>>39516906
Well, as for me, all FPS are shit. Stalker has MANY bugs and gameplay is boring.
>>39516892
Я не п'ю горілки, зате я їм сало.

>>39516934
The acta didn't even pass yet and you already can get busted for uploading?! You've just smashed my image of Sweden to bits.

>>39516956
>my face when I never encountered a single bug in STALKER SoC
That's what mods are for.

>Mfw Non-ACTA countries would have no seeds for their torrents.

/a/ - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

>>39517068
>/a/ - S.T./a/.L.K.E.R.

Fixed for you.

>>39517120
That'd be like saying /a/ - /a/nimu & M/a/ngo. Doesn't work like that.

>>39517141
And it's /ɐ/ anyway.

>>39517141
Hmm, why then anime board is called /a/?
>>39517157
Too lazy to copypaste /ɐ/

ACTA cannot into Russia.

>>39517214
You're retarded.

>mfw ACTA was passed?

>>39517291
In Mother Russia ACTA will not sue you, Mother Russia will sue and devour ACTA.

>>39517316

>>39516565

This, in during ignorant Americans and thier 'LOL POLICE STATE' bullshit.

Police in our country are too busy arresting motorists and bottom of the barrel not-exactly-working class dregs to arrest someone for downloading things.

Anyway I bet nothing happens, think about how many people pirate and download illegally you can't possibly arrest all of them.

>>39517354
Good, shatter them so the rest of us won't have to put up with their BS.

>Live in Norway
>Not in EU
>Won't get affected
>Government is pussies and will never pass ACTA.
Feels good man.

>ACTA passes
>no english fansubs
>my face

>mfw I live in Ukraine and pity you all
>>39516666
brofist