Danish Discussion On 3 Strikes Plan Done In Secret, Leaving Consumers Out Of The Mix Again
from the nobody-cares-about-the-consumer dept
Now that most of the ACTA negotiations are complete, you would think that governments would recognize the problems of trying to negotiate big deals that impact internet users in secret without involving the users themselves. No such luck. Apparently, over in Denmark, the government, the entertainment industry and ISPs have been secretly negotiating a 3-strikes plan for Danes, with an agreed upon press blackout, where none of the participants will speak to the press. They're pretty upfront as to why not:After experiencing difficulty, Comon was told by Committee members that they had "promised to keep working secretly in order not to create too much fuss" and "could never agree on some recommendations if there was too much public debate about its work."Yes, you see, we couldn't actually come to agreement if the people this will actually impact the most are allowed to chime in and point out why they don't like their rights being taken away. It's probably worth reminding folks at this point that Denmark was one of the players in the ACTA negotiations who was vehemently against transparency. Apparently, that's carried over into domestic discussions as well.
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Same people doing the lobbying probably.
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Democrawhat?!
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Query
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It is quite clear that there needs to be a side arguing the reality because we now know that even if it's not being making much noise in the media, the antiquated sections of the publishing industries will be working behind closed doors to get governments and international bodies to legislate to protect their own outdated and failing business models at the expense of all future developments.
And even though some parts of such legislation are doomed to failure, the damage that will be done to creators and innovators in the interim, will put the countries that pass such legislation at a global disadvantage to whichever countries have the sense to go the opposite direction.
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Some lawmakers need to go to prison over this
Some people all over the world in democratic nations need to be looking at prison time unless they make these negotiations public and allow the PEOPLE OF THE WORLD to chime in on why these things are a good idea or a bad idea.
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What we need are more lynch mobs.
But that cant happen, because people aren't starving. Only starving people are desperate enough to fight back.
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Accountability in politics
There's also little accountability in the governments, unlike in the private sector, so the elected people don't have that much of an incentive to listen to people... until it's time to be reelected. The worst that can happen is that they don't get elected next terms; they still keep their job for a while. A political system where you can get fired or severely reprimanded for doing these types of secret deals would go a long way to reduce unfair lobbying and corruption.
Hey, I'm allowed to dream!
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Something is rotten in Demark
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We should call it "rootkit government".
All this talk of Danish is making me hungry btw.
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So I guess it's not that easy after all!
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I see even less accountability in the private sector - at least with the larger organisations - exactly who is the RIAA accountable to (other than themselves)?
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As for the RIAA, I guess they're only accountable to market forces and the law. Wait, no only market forces :P
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