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There's an argument to be made that freedom and security are usually in opposition; the most secured people are in prison, where they hardly have any freedom. Usually, security comes at the price of freedom – and that’s exactly the cost of ACTA.

unauthorized sharing of music, movies and other digital media. Treaty opponents had rallied tens of thousands of protesters to the streets of European capitals last winter, dangling the threat that approval of the pact would lead to the proliferation of anti-piracy measures.

“Hello democracy, goodbye ACTA.”

The vote, they added, would hurt efforts to reduce online copyright theft, potentially costing Europe jobs at a time when it desperately needs them.

“It’s a political symbol on an enormous scale, in which citizens of the world, connected by the Internet, have managed to defeat these powerful, entrenched industries.”

Ameriške delegacije niso sestavljali samo predstavniki zunanjega ministrstva, ki zastopajo uradne zaveze ZDA, da si bodo povsod po svetu prizadevale za »odprt in svoboden« internet, brez katerega si težko predstavljamo sodobne demokratične družbe. Pridružili so se jim tudi predstavniki internetnih podjetij (Googla, Facebooka …), ki so življenjsko odvisni od sedanjega odprtega interneta in po različnih ocenah v ameriško gospodarstvo letno prispevajo tudi do dvesto milijard dolarjev.

Letošnji poskusi netransparentnega sprejemanja protipiratske zakonodaje (Acta, Sopa, Pipa) in vse močnejši posegi v državljanske pravice niso omejeni samo na nedemokratične države »tretjega sveta«, ampak so vse pogostejši tudi na zahodu (nadzor uporabnikov, profiliranje, blokada povezav in konkurenčnih storitev …).