One way to protest about the copyright term is to destroy the media saying "reasonable copyright laws or society will refuse to accept media under copyright".
You first need someone who has some wide open space far away from freeways and airports. Then everyone who hates the current copyright laws can send them their unwanted books.
Turn this into a major public campaign involving some big companies, and local collection points, then they can soon amass many millions of books.
Then on a well published day just add some gas light it up and run like hell as an inferno like never before seen rages away creating a smoke cloud that drifts across the United States.
I don't see a big problem there when "Eldred v Ashcroft" confirmed the power of Congress to extended the term of copyright for as long as they like along as it was not eternal. This is not incompatible with Congress wanting to reduce the term of copyright.
They did make one logic fault there when they agreed that people live longer now making the extension valid. What they have overlooked is that communication has also got much faster to a much higher degree. This means that media can be consumed by society much faster over a wider area resulting in a much higher reward under copyright. So this highlights that the term of copyright could be reduced to match the same "reward level" as their forefathers. This is why we say 5 to 10 years is not unreasonable when this is where 99% of their sales happen.
Now "Golan v Holder" is more complex when this confirms Congress's right to drag public domains works back under copyright.
This is a matter we have to resolve directly in Congress through no longer letting them treat the Publish Domain like a "rubbish bin" to be tossed about or raided for items of value. Instead this media should be treated like a Public Library of free ideas with its own rules and protections.
While I support most petitions this one is a looming total failure when this 56-year copyright term sits down next to Mr Impossible at the table.
Let me explain when the best people can achieve now is to repeal the "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act" which would drop the copyright term from the current life plus 70 years down to life plus 50 years.
All of the copyright term beyond that is set through INTERNATIONAL TREATIES and do you really think that the United States is going to break a major international treaty? The same treaty they bash the rest of the World with to keep the money flowing into Hollywood? How could they then enforce other countries to comply with copyright laws?
I am sorry to say this but anyone who believes they can cut the copyright term down to 56-years must be smoking something really bizarre they found in their garden.
I would also say that Mike Masnick should know better than this when if you really want to fight the copyright term then the place to start is certainly to repeal Sonny Bono CTEA.
Wait and see when this fight is just starting. The key point is the European Parliament vote months away.
Currently I think those in the United States need to do more to ensure ACTA is passed to Congress to review. Out protesting on the streets will be more productive than their current plan.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Why "counterfeit" it? Surely every man sitting there can afford original one, righ?
I have been checking what I heard and I believe it must have been the man who made the mask for the movie and not the original author.
So unlike I incorrectly stated the original comics did involve a mask. However when the movie was made they created a different mask and it is that mask which they now sell cheaper copies of and which all profit goes to Time Warner.
The ultimate irony. Those who fight big media fund big media.
The second aspect is the long delays that ACTA has to go through which should be European Parliament vote around June and this should come in affect around the following March. So this is plenty of time for us to do whatever it takes to kill this ACTA beastie.
So I am now certain enough that we can win. We then need to focus our efforts and to reform copyright law in the good way.
I heard the original author say himself that the mask is the sole creation of the movie. He was discussing the Anonymous aspect then.
When making the movie they wanted to move away from the general terrorist anarchist type character and to give him a "guy fawkes" iconic appearance and a Robin Hood type personality.
It would no surprise that any further written works publish after the movie release would be adjusted to match the movie, mask and all, seeing that it did so well.
Re: Re: Why "counterfeit" it? Surely every man sitting there can afford original one, righ?
The original Guido Fawkes did not wear a mark. He also lived between April 13, 1570 and January 31, 1606; before he was hanged, drawn and quartered, with his then bits burnt on a bonfire.
Even the original writing of "V for Vendetta" had no mask when it is purely a creation of the movie. Most interestingly this prop is protected by the law and when you buy the original your money goes to the "big media" we hate.
Then let us not forget this is the usual Hollywood dropping turds on foreign culture and tradition. One Guy Fawkes was the terrorist of the day, wanting to replace the Monarchy, and his death has been celebrated for over 400 years.
This would be like if we British made a character representing Osama Bin Laden in a Mickey Mouse mask and then celebrating the 9/11 destruction of the twin towers as victory over the bad Bush Government! Insane or what?
This is a photo that is sure to grace the Internet for years to come.
The nature of this photo has been called into doubt though when some claim that these are not people who oppose ACTA but ones who only want the popularity.
I don't really care on that answer when it will make much anti-ACTA news whatever their true intentions.
This one makes me laugh when I was reading this statement earlier but dismissed it as minor. This was because I thought "rapporteur" meant "reporter" and so assumed that this was just some journalist trying to make his own story.
So now "rapporteur" becomes my word of the day.
Well it is nice of him to quit over our civil liberties. ACTA being brought into Europe disguised as a fish was concerning enough. Public protest is turning against ACTA and we are right to be concerned about this trade agreement.
Right here is one good reason why the Tech Industry would help fund us to sum of millions of dollars to fight back against such bills and agreements when they do indeed want to make ISPs and websites liable for what their users do.
We do need a massive fight back to stop such stupidity and to protect public rights and a free, fair and open Internet.
Fight them on every level and at every place they are.
People should face the fact that the USA is now a society where everyone gets watched and where there is very little privacy left.
Today we find out Mega was being monitored back to 2006 including listening in to their encrypted Skype calls. Skype hands over your private key to anyone with a court order.
European businesses now totally refuse US hosting including cloud service when the US can just pick through their communication, trade secrets, designs, plans are more.
Immigration record for 10 years your name, address, telephone numbers, bank numbers, credit card numbers, passport, source and destination, travel companions and if they feel the need medical records, religion and ethnic origin.
This is the same country that believes that any email over 6 months old is considered "abandoned" and they can take it without any court order.
All the US Government did was to give them laws to protect the population against terrorists. Now everyone is a potential terrorist and to get whatever data they want they just need to say "he may be a terrorist". Abuse is rampant and the US Government now compiles up all the data it can to monitor all aspects of your life.
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One way to protest about the copyright term is to destroy the media saying "reasonable copyright laws or society will refuse to accept media under copyright".
You first need someone who has some wide open space far away from freeways and airports. Then everyone who hates the current copyright laws can send them their unwanted books.
Turn this into a major public campaign involving some big companies, and local collection points, then they can soon amass many millions of books.
Then on a well published day just add some gas light it up and run like hell as an inferno like never before seen rages away creating a smoke cloud that drifts across the United States.
On the post: Another Interesting White House Petition: Reduce The Term Of Copyright
Re: Re: Bad Petition
They did make one logic fault there when they agreed that people live longer now making the extension valid. What they have overlooked is that communication has also got much faster to a much higher degree. This means that media can be consumed by society much faster over a wider area resulting in a much higher reward under copyright. So this highlights that the term of copyright could be reduced to match the same "reward level" as their forefathers. This is why we say 5 to 10 years is not unreasonable when this is where 99% of their sales happen.
Now "Golan v Holder" is more complex when this confirms Congress's right to drag public domains works back under copyright.
This is a matter we have to resolve directly in Congress through no longer letting them treat the Publish Domain like a "rubbish bin" to be tossed about or raided for items of value. Instead this media should be treated like a Public Library of free ideas with its own rules and protections.
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Whitewash
"Dear Hilary. Can you please whitewash this ACTA matter for me. Signed The Prez"
If those people in the United States want to help then some protests outside the Whitehouse would much help pointing out these very same questions.
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Bad Petition
Let me explain when the best people can achieve now is to repeal the "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act" which would drop the copyright term from the current life plus 70 years down to life plus 50 years.
All of the copyright term beyond that is set through INTERNATIONAL TREATIES and do you really think that the United States is going to break a major international treaty? The same treaty they bash the rest of the World with to keep the money flowing into Hollywood? How could they then enforce other countries to comply with copyright laws?
I am sorry to say this but anyone who believes they can cut the copyright term down to 56-years must be smoking something really bizarre they found in their garden.
I would also say that Mike Masnick should know better than this when if you really want to fight the copyright term then the place to start is certainly to repeal Sonny Bono CTEA.
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Re: Re: Ad Astra per Aspera
Also as luck would have it I found another one...
http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/images/7/76/Acta-infographics.png
On the post: Polish Politicians Don Guy Fawkes/Anonymous Masks To Protest ACTA Signing
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Currently I think those in the United States need to do more to ensure ACTA is passed to Congress to review. Out protesting on the streets will be more productive than their current plan.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Why "counterfeit" it? Surely every man sitting there can afford original one, righ?
So unlike I incorrectly stated the original comics did involve a mask. However when the movie was made they created a different mask and it is that mask which they now sell cheaper copies of and which all profit goes to Time Warner.
The ultimate irony. Those who fight big media fund big media.
On the post: European Parliament Member Marietje Schaake Explains How Europeans Can Stop ACTA
Ad Astra per Aspera
First is that us opposition is getting very mobilized and very active like the 50,000 who just marched in Poland and then this beautiful STOP ACTA poster...
http://www.derechoaleer.org/images/2010/stop_acta-color_rgb-web.png
The second aspect is the long delays that ACTA has to go through which should be European Parliament vote around June and this should come in affect around the following March. So this is plenty of time for us to do whatever it takes to kill this ACTA beastie.
So I am now certain enough that we can win. We then need to focus our efforts and to reform copyright law in the good way.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Why "counterfeit" it? Surely every man sitting there can afford original one, righ?
If you want to see the original story then you need to see the UK Warrior magazines published between 1982 and 1985.
Trust me and the author. The mask came from the movie.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Why
When making the movie they wanted to move away from the general terrorist anarchist type character and to give him a "guy fawkes" iconic appearance and a Robin Hood type personality.
It would no surprise that any further written works publish after the movie release would be adjusted to match the movie, mask and all, seeing that it did so well.
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Re: Re: Why "counterfeit" it? Surely every man sitting there can afford original one, righ?
Even the original writing of "V for Vendetta" had no mask when it is purely a creation of the movie. Most interestingly this prop is protected by the law and when you buy the original your money goes to the "big media" we hate.
Then let us not forget this is the usual Hollywood dropping turds on foreign culture and tradition. One Guy Fawkes was the terrorist of the day, wanting to replace the Monarchy, and his death has been celebrated for over 400 years.
This would be like if we British made a character representing Osama Bin Laden in a Mickey Mouse mask and then celebrating the 9/11 destruction of the twin towers as victory over the bad Bush Government! Insane or what?
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Awesome
The nature of this photo has been called into doubt though when some claim that these are not people who oppose ACTA but ones who only want the popularity.
I don't really care on that answer when it will make much anti-ACTA news whatever their true intentions.
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Poster
http://www.derechoaleer.org/images/2010/stop_acta-color_rgb-web.png
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Re: Re: Anonymous Politics?
That is a first. Next they will DDoS their own Government websites, not. LOL
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Re: Anonymous Politics?
http://i.imgur.com/dk7VI.jpg
On the post: People In Poland Come Out To Protest ACTA In Large Numbers; Polish Gov't Calls It 'Blackmail'
Anonymous Politics?
http://i.imgur.com/7BSM5.jpg
It claims to be a photo from the Polish Parliament!!!
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I believe it should reach the European Parliament in June for the main vote where it then becomes effective early in 2013 and people estimate March.
On the post: European Parliament Official In Charge Of ACTA Quits, And Denounces The 'Masquerade' Behind ACTA
rapporteur
So now "rapporteur" becomes my word of the day.
Well it is nice of him to quit over our civil liberties. ACTA being brought into Europe disguised as a fish was concerning enough. Public protest is turning against ACTA and we are right to be concerned about this trade agreement.
Right here is one good reason why the Tech Industry would help fund us to sum of millions of dollars to fight back against such bills and agreements when they do indeed want to make ISPs and websites liable for what their users do.
We do need a massive fight back to stop such stupidity and to protect public rights and a free, fair and open Internet.
Fight them on every level and at every place they are.
On the post: People In Poland Come Out To Protest ACTA In Large Numbers; Polish Gov't Calls It 'Blackmail'
Re: Re: Re: Democracy in Action
Today we find out Mega was being monitored back to 2006 including listening in to their encrypted Skype calls. Skype hands over your private key to anyone with a court order.
European businesses now totally refuse US hosting including cloud service when the US can just pick through their communication, trade secrets, designs, plans are more.
Immigration record for 10 years your name, address, telephone numbers, bank numbers, credit card numbers, passport, source and destination, travel companions and if they feel the need medical records, religion and ethnic origin.
This is the same country that believes that any email over 6 months old is considered "abandoned" and they can take it without any court order.
All the US Government did was to give them laws to protect the population against terrorists. Now everyone is a potential terrorist and to get whatever data they want they just need to say "he may be a terrorist". Abuse is rampant and the US Government now compiles up all the data it can to monitor all aspects of your life.
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