As Anonymous protests, Internet drowns in inaccurate anti-ACTA arguments →
Timothy B. Lee:
At Ars Technica, we’re as committed as anyone to defending free speech, fair use, and the open Internet against draconian new copyright laws. But it’s important for the debate to be informed by accurate information. Unfortunately, many of the claims about ACTA that are circulating among the treaty’s opponents are highly misleading or outright inaccurate. We’ve been covering ACTA for over four years, and hopefully we can shed some light on a tricky subject.
A good explanation of why ACTA is a bad thing—just mostly not for the reasons it’s being hammered on for. (And if there’s a theme through a few of my posts recently, it’s “understand what you’re protesting against before you start.”)
