ACTA: Bad for Civil Liberties

Tech Liberty has written an article about the ACTA treaty's implications for civil liberties in New Zealand.

It lists five areas for concern:

• Criminalisation of civil offences leading to judicial overkill.
• Statutory damages leading to the monetisation of the justice system.
• Secondary liability where the innocent are punished for the sins of the guilty.
• Revealing personal data to corporations is a breach of privacy.
• Technological protection measures take away the ability to use what you've paid for.

Read the full article.