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Backlash Builds Against US Copyright Blacklist

Posted by kdawson on from the not-so-black-and-white dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The release last week of the US copyright blacklist is beginning to generate a backlash in countries around the world. Reports from Canada, Europe, and Asia all note that the US claims are very suspect and that the report is little more than an attempt to bully dozens of countries into following the US DMCA model."

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  1. lies lies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The USA bully another country? Never..

    What will they do if we dont adopt the evil DMCA? Steal our lunch money? With the 10Trillion+ deficit over there you'll need it.

    1. Re:lies lies by dwiget001 · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, the IRS doesn't really collect taxes.

      They are a mechanism to put the fear of gawd into people "voluntarily" paying their taxes.

      If people do not pay their taxes, they get at least two, but maybe up to four involuntary things:

      A) Fine(s) (not voluntary)
      B) Interest (not voluntary)
      C) If adjudicated, jail (also, not voluntary) and possibly
      D) Be appointed as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (since only one person can serve this post at a time, good luck on getting this option).

  2. Re:Nothing new by ipb · · Score: 5, Funny

    More like the Evils of Access.

  3. The Who sang it best. by Capt.DrumkenBum · · Score: 3, Funny

    Meet the new boss......... Same as the old boss.

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    If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
    1. Re:The Who sang it best. by Dahamma · · Score: 4, Funny

      You are stealing the Who's lyrics! You must be from Canada...

  4. Re:Does the US Get It Yet? by Capt.DrumkenBum · · Score: 2, Funny

    If we could just make them stand in the corner for a decade or two, until they learn to play nice with others.
    It worked on my 7 year old nephew.

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    If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
  5. Re:Does the US Get It Yet? by Nursie · · Score: 3, Funny

    And when you let him out of the corner at age 27 all was well?

  6. Re:SURPRISE!! by commodore64_love · · Score: 3, Funny

    Arkell's lawyers wrote a letter in which, unusually, they said: "His attitude to damages will be governed by the nature of your reply". The response consisted, in part, of the following: "[We] would therefore be grateful if you could inform us what his attitude to damages would be, were he to learn that the nature of our reply is as follows: fuck off".

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    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
  7. Unfair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I know it is not in the last century but you have forgotten one of their major victories - they did win the American civil war.