User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/SOPA and PIPA Situation Summary/@comment-3134619-20120125001817/@comment-3134619-20120125002557

From Wikipedia's article: "The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement. It would establish an international legal framework for countries to join voluntarily, and would create a governing body outside international institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or the United Nations. Negotiating countries have described it as a response "to the increase in global trade of counterfeit goods and pirated copyright protected works." The scope of ACTA includes counterfeit goods, generic medicines and copyright infringement on the Internet." So, insofar as the Internet concern, it's like SOPA/PIPA with the United Nation's backing it up. At least, as far as I can tell...