Speak out against ACTA

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ACTA threatens free software

1. It makes it more difficult to distribute free software: Without

   file sharing and P2P technologies like BitTorrent, distributing large

   amounts of free software becomes much harder, and more expensive.

   BitTorrent is a grassroots protocol that allows everyone to contribute

   to legally distributing free software.

2. It will make it harder for users of free operating systems to play

   media: Consumers will no longer be able to buy media without DRM — and

   DRMed media cannot be played with free software.

3. It increases the chances of getting your devices taken away:

   Portable media players that support free formats are less common than

   devices which support DRM, such as the iPod. Will this make them

   suspicious to border guards?

4. It creates a culture of surveillance and suspicion, in which the

   freedom that is required to produce free software is seen as dangerous

   and threatening rather than creative, innovative, and exciting.

http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/acta/