[Infowarrior] - Didn't The Entertainment Industry Insist ACTA Wouldn't Change US Law

[Richard Forno]

But, Wait, Didn't The Entertainment Industry Insist ACTA Wouldn't  
Change US Law?
from the then-what's-this-about? dept
It's been amusing watching the entertainment industry lobbyists try to  
come up with talking points in support of their most favored trade  
agreement du jour, ACTA. A popular one is that nothing in it can or  
will change US law. But, of course, if you talk to the folks who know  
how these things work in DC, you quickly learn that's hogwash. There  
wouldn't be any ACTA at all if it wasn't out to change the laws, and  
it wouldn't be so secretive if it was just designed to keep the status  
quo. Case in point, not that we know for sure because we're still not  
being told what's in the document, but various sources have confirmed  
that "three strikes" legislation that would kick file sharers off the  
internet based on accusations (not convictions) is on the agenda.  
That's not in US law, and according to all the ACTA defenders out  
there, it would be impossible for this to be on the agenda  because,  
we're told, ACTA can't possibly change US law. Not at all. Except for  
the parts that do seem to require changing US law.

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100201/1822517995.shtml