Lithuanian Minister Of Justice Says ACTA Is Unnecessary, Doesn't Actually Help Creators And It's Time To Reevaluate IP
from the nicely-said dept
Here's yet another example of a European official speaking out against ACTA. However, unlike in many other countries, where it appears to be politicians merely pushing back on public backlash, and urging caution and public review, the Lithuanian Justice Minister, Remigijus Simasius, has completely condemned ACTA and said that it should lead to a wholesale re-evaluation of IP rights system itself.The essence of my comment was that certain provisions of ACTA are new to our legal system (more severe punishment, more control of internet providing services) and I do not see why those provisions are necessary.While it'll be interesting to see how far all of this goes, it's quite notable just how much backlash the SOPA overreach is suddenly creating -- where all sorts of skepticism about existing copyright law is suddenly coming out in more mainstream places.
I have also stated that our life is more and more dependent on R&D, new inventions, creativity. Existing IP protection system, however, is more about protecting the IP protection industry than a protection of inventors and authors. Current debate worldwide is a clear sign that we have to re-evaluate the existing IP rights system.
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(Yes, I extended RIAA math in to RIAA Engrish.)
"I have also stated that our life is more and more dependent on R&D, new inventions, creativity. Existing IP protection system, however, is more about protecting the IP protection industry than a protection of inventors and authors. Current debate worldwide is a clear sign that we have to re-evaluate the existing IP rights system."
Oh yeah, pirate talk, no other excuse.
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FTFY
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I could not agree more! Let this man join the discussions on reform.
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And do the Patent system too, while you're at it.
likely to be other's that need reevaluating too, but the IP systems is a good a place as any
Government:
We wont reevaluate the *insert broken system here*
Us:
But you did it with the IP system
Government:
??????
and then the next one and the next one.... big ol'snow ball affect..........
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People who love SOPA will decry Tribler's built-in search functionality with built-in like system.
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ACTA, Patents and trolls oh my
I hope this dialog moves past the IP protection industry and starts a debate about the value of IP vs the harm and limitations the current systems enforce.
We need innovation not just shareholder value to those companies that "bought" but didn't originate patents and copyright...
Should a hand gesture that's been around for thousands of years be patentable? Should the placement of icons be more important than the underlying programs they open? Is a lifetime plus 70 years too much? -- Those are the discussions I would love to see on the table.
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Re: ACTA, Patents and trolls oh my
I wish somebody would pound some sense into the heads of these IP freaks that want everything all for themselves and nobody else and understand that this has to be a two-way street, not all take and no give.
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/10/intel-new-york-lawsuit-antitrust-settlement/
" Intel settles antitrust lawsuit with New York attorney general, pays hardly anything"
"Intel's three-year tussle with the state of New York finally came to an end yesterday, with a settlement of relatively harmless proportion. Under the arrangement, Intel will have to shell out a mere $6.5 million to resolve a 2009 antitrust lawsuit filed by then-attorney general Andrew Cuomo."
"According to Reuters, the $6.5 million sum represents just five hours worth of profit for the company, which reported a net income of nearly $13 billion last year"
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even before you get to specific instances of dubiousness, this is problematic.
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I LOVE this:
What a profound statement!
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Lithuanian power
The entire world is going to listen to some Justice minister..
That right Justice (NOT TRADE) Minister !!!
I bet you had to even get the map out to find out where lithuania is.. a population of 3.2 Million people (about 1% of the US population)
$40 Billion dollars GDP, yea, they are real 'power players' !!!!!!
With a justice minister, who is pushing to be the trade minister, (but is not)..
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Oh, and this sort of thing involves law, so I'm not sure why you're unhappy the Justice Minister is being involved. But then again it's not due process you want, is it darryl?
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How typical of some of our trolls to mistake size, in this case of a country and population, with determination and the right to express itself.
I remember the same being said of the "small" anti-SOPA/PIPA movement not so long ago as well.
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"Tautos jėga vienybėje"[
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It's not hard to figure it out.
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Respect Lithuania
control bills.
Those in the digital content business need to accept that sharing of their content cannot be stopped , its what people do on the internet.
Naturally they are not accepting it , hence PIPA / SOPA / ACTA and god knows what else is being thrown at us.
Think ' control ' ' walled gardens ' ' paywalls ' - Big content cannot think beyond these , and their answer are these horrible bills that are designed to impact billions of internet users to the benefit of a handful of content producers.
Whats worse is that governments are siding with them by trying to force these things into law.
Its a marriage made in hell, big content gets its control , governments get to close down any website it feels is a threat.
Has anyone ever seen such a determined multi pronged attack strategy aimed against any other industry aside of the internet as we know it today ?
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Also he's Šimašius, not Simasius. Not that it matters.
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Failed business model logo
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