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US Plots "Pirate Bay Killer" Trade Agreement
An anonymous reader sends word that Wikileaks has revealed that the United States is plotting a 'Pirate Bay killing' multi-lateral trade agreement, called 'ACTA,' with the EU, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Switzerland and New Zealand. "The proposal includes clauses designed to criminalize the non-profit facilitation of copyrighted information exchange on the Internet, which would also affect transparency sites such as Wikileaks. The Wikileaks document details provisions that would impose strict enforcement of intellectual property rights related to Internet activity and trade in information-based goods. If adopted, the treaty would impose a strong, top-down enforcement regime imposing new cooperation requirements upon Internet service providers, including perfunctory disclosure of customer information, as well as measures restricting the use of online privacy tools."
you vote SHIT like these into power, just because they ranted about conservative values, and they make a total crap out of everything.
thats why world hates you. nothing else.
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...that simply doesn't seem to be the case in my history.
...[means] receipt, or expectation of receipt, of anything of value, including the receipt of other copyrighted works."
0. "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." Article I, Section 8, US Constitution.
1. Dowling v. United States 473 U.S. 207 was ruled in 1985
Copyright infringement is NOT theft!
2. United States v. LaMacchia 871 F. Supp. 535 was ruled in 1994.
Copyright infringement must have financial motivation.
3. No Electronic Theft Act, 105th Congress, 1997
"Financial Gain
4. Copyright Term Extension Act, 1998
"Act extended these terms to life of the author plus 70 years and for works of corporate authorship to 120 years after creation or 95 years after publication"
5. Eldred v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S. 186 (2003)
"As long as the [copyright term] limit is not 'forever', any limit set by Congress can be deemed constitutional."
The major fines are very recent as well. This bull is recent and funded by an organization that knows they are out dated and working on a business model of the past. P2P is the future, and not a future where companies like Disney, Sony, and Universal can control people and their culture. They know they are dead in the water, but they are going to spend every last penny on a war to slow their death. Disney made their money "stealing" (by their definition) popular works of the times and remixing them Disney style, quickly making them a powerful empire. The problem is that Walt is dead and now virtually anyone with an internet connection can DO WHAT DISNEY DOES!
They are fighting like a cat in a wet pillow case. They will use all their money to damage as many lives they possibly can, and wage war against every country that won't acknowledge their rule. This is not old, this is new and it has all started in our lifetime. Please follow the link in my signature if you question the MPAA regime. This is one of the most important things I think we can be doing to save our culture from these dying Monarchs. Also, for something short and cute, search "Fair Use" on YouTube for a great explanation of copyright law / fair use through a remix of quite a few Disney clips.
Ok, i'll fix my sig in a sec, but here is the link: http://www.opensourcecinema.org/lessigfinal
Want Big Business out of government? Take away the incentive and start by getting government out of big business!
You know, perhaps you should try this new and exciting website called google, I hear it's pretty amazing.
Ask a stupid question, get a snarky answer.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
It's even less than that here in New York. $100 fine and no criminal record. Not all of us are lucky enough to live in the saner states though. I'll use Pennsylvania as the example -- in PA they have a "drugged driving" law that basically says if you have ANY detectable drug metabolites (not the drug itself) in your system that it's basically the same as a DWI. If you smoked a joint two weeks ago you could be convicted of driving under the influence and lose your license and even your freedom. WTF is wrong with that picture?
And we used to have the most draconian drug laws - wonder if Wiki-joke-pedia will fix that no longer true statement.NORML has a handy section on their website where you can see the different state laws regarding marijuana.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.