From his points, the main substantive change from what I can tell is more oversight and liability for 3rd parties, with one likely target being ISPs:
"Within ACTA, Articles 8 and 12 apply in the civil enforcement context, Articles 23 and 24 add “aiding and abetting” to criminal offences, and Article 27 targets third parties in the online environment. "
All in all it seems like a pretty vague agreement designed to bring all the signers on the same page in terms of oversight and investigation of ip importing and exporting activities. It hardly says that countries must do anything, but that they "may" do many things they agree on. That's not to say that the agreement would be a good thing in its current form. Agreeing to potentially criminalize activities without mandating protections from false charges etc seems like a poor decision to me.
Problems with ACTA, from Michael Geist, a Canadian on the EFF advisory board: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6350/125/
From his points, the main substantive change from what I can tell is more oversight and liability for 3rd parties, with one likely target being ISPs: "Within ACTA, Articles 8 and 12 apply in the civil enforcement context, Articles 23 and 24 add “aiding and abetting” to criminal offences, and Article 27 targets third parties in the online environment. "
A defense of ACTA from the European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/tackling-unfair-trade/acta/index_e...
Defense summarized here: http://venturevillage.eu/acta-myths-explained
All in all it seems like a pretty vague agreement designed to bring all the signers on the same page in terms of oversight and investigation of ip importing and exporting activities. It hardly says that countries must do anything, but that they "may" do many things they agree on. That's not to say that the agreement would be a good thing in its current form. Agreeing to potentially criminalize activities without mandating protections from false charges etc seems like a poor decision to me.