USTR Statement On ACTA Makes No Mention Of Releasing Latest Draft
from the one-time-deal? dept
Well, the latest round of ACTA negotiations have concluded and the USTR has released one of its patented content-free statements about what happened. Most notable, of course, is what is absent: there is no indication that negotiators plan on releasing the latest draft. Remember, that it was in the USTR's statement following the last round that it announced plans to release the draft. This was what many folks had feared. Negotiators released the one draft so that they could claim they were being transparent, and then went right back to secrecy. On top of that, the USTR seems to imply that it was "transparent" this time around because it met with some civil societies who have concerns about ACTA. Of course, it leaves out how negotiators dodged most of the questions. That's not transparency. It's just sad.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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And Thus....
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The seizure of our liberties at the behest of one industry is exactly what the founders of nations fear. It's not that different really, than what other nations, throughout history have suffered just prior to their darkest hour.
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you have fallen for it hook line and sinker. you have no rights to anyone elses materials. it is a priviledge they can grant you, under the terms of the laws of the land. there is no liberty being seized, only liberties taken on the rights of content producers and copyright holders.
sorry, but you so fail.
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heres what you do
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Look, this is really simple.. I know you don't want to (or are paid not to) believe that, but it is. You keep pointing to piracy and everyone says yeah it's a bad thing, lets do something about it. Then you and your ilk say: "great lets draw and quarter everyone that we suspect of infringement. While were at it, lets just make every website liable for infringement if they dont do the hoke-pokey on command and to cover the international contingency, we'll force other governments to comply with those standards. If they cant comply we impose sanctions...
The room falls silent... we uhhh we didn't mean all that. Then you have the grapes to claim that the men who were VERY aware of the tyranny that overbearing IP caused in England, would have overridden the democracy that they established for some elitist with entitlement issues, who thinks the world owes him money every time anyone accidentally hears a song that he secured the rights to by screwing some kids with fine print! AND WORST OF ALL he uses the word "fail" at the age of 46???
You, sir, are a creep...
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The founding fathers were considering specifically forbidding copyright and patents to begin with. They eventually settled on allowing it to exist provided its use was very very limited, for a limited time. They would have never dreamed of allowing retroactive copyright extensions. You already knew that but honesty is not something IP maximists really care about.
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It's also worth pointing out that the founders actually *supported* "piracy" in that they specifically chose not to honor foreign copyrights, so that Americans could copy those works. The founders clearly recognized the "benefits" that could be associated with ignoring copyright law for the sake of spreading content.
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The founders believed that copyright was an evil monopoly that should only be allowed for the public good. the founders would never have approved of it taking priority over the right to privacy or free speech.
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You really have no concept of history at all do you. The founders basically ignored patents and copyrights from other countries. They refused to patent things they thought were important to society. They believed that copyrights and patents were a feeder for the public domain. They never would have allowed retroactively extending copyright.
Here is the important one ...
They believed in the rights of the individual over the rights of the government or any organization.
To use your own words, copyright " is a priviledge they can grant you" its not a right.
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