Dear Governments...

Dear Governments,

Governments of Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, the United States, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. You know what this will be about. I am not going to go into the argument that many of the hundreds of millions protesters will use against your decision to approve ACTA. I'm just going to perform my role as a concerned citizen that starts to feel a little bit insecure about the future of her nation.

I'm just going to give some definitions and examples. What you'll think of them is up to you.

Government (Definition, according to Wikipedia): "Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized."

Since I live in a republic, I'm going to explore the problem from that point of view.

Republic (Definition, according to Wikipedia): "A republic is a form of government in which people, or some significant portion of them, have supreme control over the government and where officers of state are elected or chosen by elected people."

Democracy (Definition, according to Wikipedia): "Democracy in its purest or most ideal form would be a society in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. The voting public takes part in the elections."

Now, this should sound familiar. Most of you represent such form of government. At least, that is what you should be by DEFINITION. Let's see something else, shall we?

Totalitarianism (Definition, according to Wikipedia): "Totalitarianism is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible."

Oppression (Definition, according to Wikipedia): "Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. Being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse condiitions, and anxiety."

This should also sound familiar. Millions of people gave their lives to free their nations and children from such abominations of government. Germany knows, Russia knows, Italy knows, Bulgaria knows... All of you know.

Let's view the facts. There are millions of people downloading movies, music, and books from the Internet. Hundreds of millions. Pretty much everyone that knows how to use computers. Think this through. When so many people protest against their governments' decisions, the result is only one... And it usually doesn't favor the governments.

Will you arrest millions of working people just because they downloaded a movie?
Will you arrest millions of promising teenagers just because they listen to pirated music?
Will you arrest millions of citizens who saved a few pictures on their computers?

No.
I know.
You have downloaded too. You, the politicians. You, the artists. You, the police. Everyone.

Will you shut Facebook down?
Will you shut the Pirate Bay down?
Will you shut YouTube down?
Will you shut Tumblr down?
Will you shut Blogger down?
Will you shut Skype down?
Will you shut the Internet down?

And then what? You think that will be the end of it? Wrong. Dead wrong.

It is not acceptable for people who make hundreds of millions per year to have DEMANDS on a population of middle class people, who prefer to download, instead of buying their music and movies. Harry Potter's last movie made 381 million dollars in the United States only. I went to the cimena, payed for the ticket and watched it. Why shouldn't I be able to download and watch it again? These people have more than enough money already.

My mother is a doctor. A pediatrician. She saves children's lifes everyday. She works in three different hospitals at the same time. She works 12 hours a day, including weekends. Every single day she has to put up with abuse from patients, since in Bulgaria no one has the right attitude towards medics. She is forced to pick up her cell phone at 11 p.m., even on weekends, just to fix a running nose. And do you know what? She gets less than 2000 dollars a month! From all three jobs. Now, tell me I have to pay to watch movies. Tell me I have to pay to listen to music.

In what world do we live, where doctors get mere pennies compared to the Hollywood companies. And in the end who demands more money? The billionaires? The money making machines? No one, and I repeat, no one will conform to this. The only change that will occur will be massive riots, unrest, destruction, people dead, militarization of countries, changed governments.

When everyone is guilty of a crime, is it still a crime?

Think about this. And do not take this as a threat, but as a warning. Remember this: "People should not be afraid of their governments... Governments should be afraid of their people."

Don't let these movies become our reality. It already is bad enough...