In a nutshell, if passed, this act allows Governments to seize equipment holding material that breaches copyright provisions - i.e. you have an illegal MP3, they can take your MP3 player.
ACTA is currently being refined and the leaked memo was never meant to see the light of day.
Interesting to see which countries want to keep this quiet - shame Denmark, shame.
The leaked document includes a provision to [b]force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to provide information about suspected copyright infringers without a warrant,[/b] something which many feel should not be lawful, making it easier for the record industry to sue music file sharers and for officials to shut down non-commercial BitTorrent websites such as The Pirate Bay.[6]
The last straw was when it was revealed that Stephen Timms â- the minister for Digital Britain â was under the impression that "IP address" referred to "intellectual property", rather than internet protocol. Expect him to appear on Fail Blog any time soon.