Secret Anti-Piracy Treaty Turns ISPs into Pirates

Can you actually hold an ISP responsible for what their customers do? According to a leaked copy of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, that is what is being proposed right now behind closed doors.

Similarly, all participating countries have to adopt a ‘notice and takedown’ policy where copyright holders can request ISPs to remove infringing materials, again without having to provide solid evidence or proof that they actually own the copyrights. When ISPs don’t comply with the requests they will be held liable, which means that they will be seen as pirates themselves.

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