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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. Hm, wonder why by Darkness404 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hm, I wonder why other countries don't want a DMCA style law, could it be that the DMCA is effectively killing the US software/hardware market? Why do we see so many (innovative and clone) products from China? Because they don't have the stupidities of US patent and copyright laws. Imagine the marketplace being flooded with choices, of phones that can do as much as the iPhone, yet cost hundreds less (unlocked of course) and including features not currently found in most phones (open hardware*, dual-sim slots, etc). The USA could easily be first in the technology market, if our lawmakers weren't in the pocketbooks of the RIAA, MPAA and other backwards lobby groups.

    *Well, perhaps open hardware is the wrong word, but basically hardware that if off-the-shelf, contains very little proprietary components and can be easily studied/modified.

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  2. Does the US Get It Yet? by Dripdry · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We seem to continue operating under the false assumption that we are still the biggest dog on the block.
    After effectively skewering the financial system, starting a couple wars, and heaven knows what else we still expect to be taken so seriously.

    I recognize we still have the most bombs, but when or country acts like a petulant child it's still tough to be serious about it. It isn't leading the world, it isn't change. It's thinly veiled fascism.

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    1. Re:Does the US Get It Yet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      the encroachment of government into business

      No, you have that backwards. It's the encroachment of business into government that's the problem.

  3. Re:I speak for all of Slashdot when I say... by Piata · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Artists definitely deserve their dues when it comes to creative artwork... but when their work generates revenue for 70+ years after it's creation for a corporation and not the artist, there's something seriously wrong.

  4. Re:lies lies by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think we all must be duped. When Obama said he was bringing change, he actually meant collecting spare change to help pay-off his burgeoning deficit, not that he was going to listen to the People.

    The mistake of many people dissing Obama now is that, when he said "change", they automatically presumed that it is going to involve their pet issues first. On Slashdot, this tends to be FOSS and copyright issues. In practice, though, when speaking of "People" as a whole, those issues aren't even on most people's radar, so it was pretty silly to believe that Obama would do something specifically about them.