RT - Poland - anti-ACTA protest march

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (which sounds a lot like the America-specific Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that caused such a ruckus among American activists) must still be ratified by the European Parliament but has been mired in controversy over its secret drafting.

ACTA aims to prevent counterfeiting and piracy, and introduces tougher sanctions on copyright theft. It has already been the subject of street protests in Poland (video below) where politicians put on masks to support hacker group 'Anonymous'.

The Anonymous group itself says it is now preparing to mount a ‘huge operation’. The European Parliament has also previously voted against ACTA, saying that its negotiation has been undemocratic.

The obvious summary is that A.C.T.A. was the succesful O.O.D.A.-loop response to the 'sacrifice' of S.O.P.A. and P.I.P.A. - again, superb gamesmanship from the Global Gamers. I mean, yeah, you gotta love a good gamer, right?

But remember, "Free Planet doesn't like your game," any more.