Under a veil of secrecy, Obama seeks to sign up countries worldwide to a copyright treaty, which allows governments to search the contents of your hard drive and media devices - supposedly in the name of 'national security'. Without a warrant.
Copyright infringement has hitherto been treated as a civil matter, but now, Obama wants to criminalise it. Why? He only need cite "national security" to gain access to your personal data without requiring a warrant.
It ties in so nicely with all his other creeping fascist initiatives. I bet the EU will sign up pronto.
Government and big business are working in cohoots, robbing us of our privacy and freedoms.
Cross-posted
Obama wants to search personal computers
Friday, 7 August 2009
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erosion of freedoms,
fascism,
privacy
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Another draconian policy being devised in order for them to continue to tighten their grip. The elite are too cocky now.
7 August 2009 at 23:54Can we stop them?
8 August 2009 at 00:27Yes I believe they can be stopped if the people have the will to do so. Many great empires have fallen when the people of those times must have thought the same
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