I think the frustration over hacking/cracking would be quickly resolved if hackers adopted the label tinkerers (or e-tinkerers or something a little catchier) and let the uninitiated have their way. It's important for technical vocabulary to be pretty rigidly defined, but hacking has migrated a bit towards everyday vocabulary. Since computers have completed the one-time move from obscure to common, I don't think this concession would need to be repeated with "tinkerers." My grandmother would complain about "how the gays took our word and made it something else," and I'm failing to see how that doesn't parallel people's reaction to the misuse of "hacking."

if/after ACTA does its damage

Why wasn't the Ten Commandments mentioned under his sci fi roles?