This caught my intrest at the phrase it was used. Especially the word Gollum-like. Gollumn is a ficitional character-creature from J.R.R Tolkiens the "Lord of the Rings" series and in the book called the "Hobbit." For those of you tha thave never heard of the these two book series, the Lord of the Rings is a fantasy novel about an evil rule named Sauron he creates this ring of power that is to rule all the other rings of power given. The novels then go into the final battle that ultimately destroys the one ring once and for all, restoring peace to the land.
The fact that they used Gollum, is indeed intresting. Gollum was a character that became corrupted by the ring and eventually began living in the shadows of a massive cave. He became twisted and cruel. Grown in the shadows is also something similar for its used when something evil, dark, twisted, corrupted, and evenn something most foul is brought into the light, revealed for what it truely is.
Ms. Drnovsek-Zorko said that she had signed “out of civic carelessness” and that it was her conviction that ACTA “limits and withholds the freedom of engagement on the largest and most significant network in human history.”
I am more intrested in the statement, "Limits and withholds the freedom of engagement on the largest an most significant network in human history." This is obviously, the internet which indeed, is one of the most largest and efficient way of communication through the entire world. For it to say it "limits and withholds freedoms" is something intresting. Now, to explain a little more.
ACTA stands for Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. It's the European version of the United States bills known as SOPA [Stop Online Piracy Act] and PIPA [Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act]. All three of these bills are designed to put a block or a 'filter' is the best word, on what goes in and on the internet. This would allow goverment agencies to determine which 'sites' are copyrighted and which are pirated.
It would indeed limit not only freedomes, but rights upon the World Wide Web as to what the People of the World post on the web.
Mr. Arif, the opponent to the measure in the European Parliament, said that ACTA was “wrong in both form and substance.”
"Wrong in both form and substance." Now this is intresting. Form and substance themselves give it a little more of a intresting appeal.
form[fawrm]
noun
1. external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration
2. the shape of a thing or person.
3. a body, especially that of a human being.
4. a dummy having the same measurements as a human body, used for fitting or displaying clothing: a dressmaker's form.
5. something that gives or determines shape; a mold.
sub·stance [suhb-stuhns]
noun
2. a species of matter of definite chemical composition: a chalky substance.
4. the subject matter of thought, discourse, study, etc.
5. the actual matter of a thing, as opposed to the appearance or shadow; reality.
Funny, both terms are the first term and the last term being used to discribe the body of ACTA. In other words, what it is made out of and what is compused of is wrong due to WHAT is is and wrong because of WHY it is. It is a crude way of trying to control and stop online piracy across the World Wide Web that will not only limit activity but could in fact, danger communications international.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/technology/06iht-acta06.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=ACTA&st=cse [actual article]
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20004450-38.html#ixzz1nVpdxZbz [tied in with the main article]
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/pipa-sopa-and-open-three-acronyms-could-change-internet [more indepth explination of SOPA and PIPA]
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