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The DMCA Is Just The Beginning

Posted by timothy on from the quick-while-they're-not-looking dept.

dr. greenthumb writes: "With the Sklyarov-case still fresh in memory, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) wants to rally up against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) in order to preserve privacy and freedom of speech. The FTAA is currently negotiating agreements with several countries in the Western hemisphere concerning, among other issues, intellectual property rights. According to the EEF, the FTAA organization is considering treaty language that mandates nations pass anti-circumvention provisions similar to the DMCA, except the FTAA treaty grants even greater control to publishers than the DMCA."

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  1. Begin this by ubertroll · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. I got something to say to the DMCA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


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  3. Re:Rule of thumb... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck, that worse then all of the other associations combines.

    If they fucking like 'africa' so much, let em go back. Hell, let taxpayers foot the bill. And the ones that stay back need to shut the fuck up about blackwards to africa and all that stupid shit.

  4. Atenshun Slashdoterz! by CeramicNuts · · Score: 0, Troll
    if you're putting DEFINITELY in all-caps you really should spell the word correctly. this error is made countless times here on /. by otherwise reasonable sounding people (1).

    definitely. as in de-finite.

    (1) does not apply to CmdrTaco and other admitedly poor spellers

  5. Re:So how do we make it stop? by buttfucker2000 · · Score: -1, Troll

    shut up, asshole

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  6. Re:Rule of thumb... by goatse.cx+guy · · Score: -1, Troll
    The AFTAA is a good organization (Anti-FTAA).

    They even make mention of this Slashdot story on the front page! According the the site this isn't a new event.
    The cool thing is this article and that the

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