“So many countries in need of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, so little time! The US government, still trying to secure final passage for the drafted-in-secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, has already turned its attention to a new multilateral trade agreement that will bring the wonders of the DMCA to countries like Australia, Brunei, Chile, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The new Trans-Pacific Partnership, like the ACTA before it, had its intellectual property chapter drafted by the US. Once again, the chapter was drafted in secret and has been classified for at least four years after negotiations end. The agreement exports (nearly verbatim) the DMCA’s rules on digital locks, ISP liability, and subscriber disconnections, with a few extra goodies on the side.” Sigh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1lZMTCqf8
* Even though I agree with some level of copyright protection, it is a bit ridiculous to ask for lifetime + 70 years of it;
* The charges and penalties must be made public and submitted to society appreciation before treaty signing;
* Also, the country that complain about the copyright violation should be the one hosting the criminal after the final judgment and the one paying the legal fees as it is, theoretically, the favored (why I would have to pay for something I and my country don’t benefit from). All countries that agree on signing the treaty should hand over the criminal after the legal procedures end;
* The “fair use” definition must reach a consensus BEFORE anything is signed;
* There should be an international court of appeal;
* There should be an international copyright assignment organism with clear rules;
Edited 2011-03-11 20:27 UTC
The DCMA was introduced to protect Disney. Yet Disney has always relied on using other peoples non-copyrighted work. Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are based on fairy tales. The soundtrack of Fantasia is “stolen” classical works.