said by pegcitynet :

Except that downloading content in Canada for personal use is completely protected by the Copyright act. Any attempt to charge people would likely be thrown out in Canada as unconstitutional. What's frightening is that this has the potential to usurp power from the Canadian courts, instead giving it to a free trade copyright authority run by the industry itself. This would allow you to be sued in USA courts for downloading (legally) in Canada with the judgement binding.

said by pegcitynet :

This would allow you to be sued in USA courts for downloading (legally) in Canada with the judgement binding.

said by umm no :

In addition, there is also 3rd party liability. This means that if Teksavvy didn't have a throttle, or actively block unauthorized content (this could include blocking access to websites like IsoHunt et al) then they will be held under 3rd party liability and sued along with you.

said by Croaker :

Ah, Hollywood is correcting the error in the DMCA regarding safe harbor. Bet the US carriers, Youtube, Bing, and all will accept this. NOT!

You must have read this wrong as the tech and telecom industries are going to fight to keep their safe harbor. And, they have considerably more lobbying clout than Hollywood. No one messes with Ma Bell!

said by pegcitynet :

Except that downloading content in Canada for personal use is completely protected by the Copyright act. Any attempt to charge people would likely be thrown out in Canada as unconstitutional. What's frightening is that this has the potential to usurp power from the Canadian courts, instead giving it to a free trade copyright authority run by the industry itself. This would allow you to be sued in USA courts for downloading (legally) in Canada with the judgement binding.

said by sedmonds :

Copyright laws are not part of the constitution, and as such are not the basis for a challenge to the constitutional validity of any laws Parliament passes in the process of implementing ACTA.

You can already be sued in the US if you engage in copyright distribution in the US. If you've uploaded to a computer or through lines physically located in the US, you've committed an offence in the United States and under the jurisdiction of United States courts. It is, however, more difficult for the companies of the RIAA and MPAA to prosecute and collect these cases than focusing on domestic efforts. A judgement may be entered, in absentia, in a US court but it is less clear whether or not a Canadian court would enforce that judgement inside Canada. ACTA would simplify this in a few ways - copyright laws would be more consistent between nations and because of this our courts would have less justification not to enforce the US court judgement under existing laws and policies, and more significantly ACTA has provisions for international prosecution.

said by Croaker :

You must have read this wrong

said by umm no :

Ma Bell aside, no I did not read this wrong:

said by El Quintron :

In the end what will happen in the short term is an escalation of encryption and obfuscation.

As long as TSi discloses to me that it is unable to provide any type of privacy on their network, then I'm aware I must take steps to protect myself from my ISP.

said by MaynardKrebs :

It's probably best to begin using this type of service now simply from a privacy point of view, never mind waiting for ACTA to kick in.

said by El Quintron :

At which point this creates a situation where Copywrong agents need to obtain a warrant in order to inspect my traffic.

said by DabberDan :

Would you care to explain how this would be done?

said by chronoss2009 :

a few lessons about law , as is the acta agreement would in fact be ilegal to enforce in Canada,
go read up on the charter of rights and freedoms and you will see why. AND trust me they gonnna have a awful time getting changes done to the charter

don't forget also that NDP is keeping hte govt in power and that all both the NDP leader and the liberal leader are part of the IP lobby movement ( both are in writers unions whom are pro holly wood in IP stances )

and note that the new copyright bill coming will definately screw the heck out of the law(s) that currently protect you/me and end the levy so they can start lawsuits. I want part of that 450 million they got form it back if so.

and this is and would be tantamount to a warrantless search and seizure of my data.
IF they think your up to somehting goto a damn judge if we all a sudden dont need judges lets get rid a them and proclaim the CEOS of the country as the only people able to vote

we either have democracy that we fought for in worlds wars 1 and 2 or we don't
lets quit the pissing around with corporate rights.
Me thinks some old men need a smack right upside the fucking head

said by Big Nose :

Of course with a Conservative government in power Canada will lay down and do whatever America tells us to do.