Comments on: Everything you want to know about the scary, secret copyright treaty http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/everything-you-want.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 10:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/everything-you-want.html#comment-634889 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-634889 Thank you for trying to stay on top of this and keeping the rest of us informed. Thank you for trying to stay on top of this and keeping the rest of us informed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/everything-you-want.html#comment-636719 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-636719 The first time they take some rich guys iPod, then everybody gets sued, then it goes to the Supreme Court. This will never work unless every where in the World is a Police State. We still have a Constitution in the United States no matter how much they are trying to water it down. Also, there are Constitutions in other countries that are very similar to the US and many things being discussed here are against those written rights. The first time they take some rich guys iPod, then everybody gets sued, then it goes to the Supreme Court.
This will never work unless every where in the World is a Police State. We still have a Constitution in the United States no matter how much they are trying to water it down. Also, there are Constitutions in other countries that are very similar to the US and many things being discussed here are against those written rights.

]]> By: the_headless_rabbit http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/everything-you-want.html#comment-634692 the_headless_rabbit Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-634692 Michael Geist re-tweated a post by @jamie_love earlier today. I think it sums up the situation nicely: Population of countries negotiating ACTA: 1,178,504,491. Members of public with access to text: 42 what can the 1.1 billion who do not want this do to stop those 42 who do? Michael Geist re-tweated a post by @jamie_love earlier today. I think it sums up the situation nicely:

Population of countries negotiating ACTA: 1,178,504,491.
Members of public with access to text: 42

what can the 1.1 billion who do not want this do to stop those 42 who do?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/everything-you-want.html#comment-634960 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-634960 This looks very bad. Thank you for posting a concise informative lecture on ACTA Cory. This looks very bad. Thank you for posting a concise informative lecture on ACTA Cory.

]]> By: jerwin http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/everything-you-want.html#comment-635030 jerwin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-635030 I don't think he explains "De minimus" very well. I don’t think he explains “De minimus” very well.

]]> By: MasterSauce http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/everything-you-want.html#comment-635082 MasterSauce Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-635082 Oh man. What a steaming pile of poo. Glad my vote for "Transparency in Government" wasn't wasted or useless. Maybe the White House's angle is that this isn't government, this is higher than government. IP and copyright are more important than an informed public. Honest question: How can they flip this into a question of National Security? In what way exactly? I think we need Ms. Maddow to fly in and pick this topic up on her show. Oh man. What a steaming pile of poo.
Glad my vote for “Transparency in Government” wasn’t wasted or useless. Maybe the White House’s angle is that this isn’t government, this is higher than government. IP and copyright are more important than an informed public.

Honest question: How can they flip this into a question of National Security? In what way exactly?

I think we need Ms. Maddow to fly in and pick this topic up on her show.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/everything-you-want.html#comment-634578 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-634578 Nothing to do but keep raising awareness and watch. Nothing to do but keep raising awareness and watch.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/everything-you-want.html#comment-634582 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-634582 border guards responsible for scanning laptops and ipods for copyright violations? awesome border guards responsible for scanning laptops and ipods for copyright violations? awesome

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/everything-you-want.html#comment-635355 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-635355 A possible answer to how national security can be invoked: perhaps because it's really corporate security. Just as with investment banks, the corporate interests pushing this stuff have thoroughly infiltrated the government. A possible answer to how national security can be invoked: perhaps because it’s really corporate security. Just as with investment banks, the corporate interests pushing this stuff have thoroughly infiltrated the government.

]]> By: Andrew Katz http://boingboing.net/2009/11/12/everything-you-want.html#comment-635643 Andrew Katz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-635643 @the_headless_rabbit Bill Patry is one of the 42 (senior copyright counsel for Google). If he's consistent with the thesis he sets out in his recent book (Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars, reviewed hereabouts) then he should be a force for good. I'm assuming he will be - even if his personal views aren't 100% aligned with his employers, they must be reasonably close, at least in the context of these negotiations. @the_headless_rabbit

Bill Patry is one of the 42 (senior copyright counsel for Google). If he’s consistent with the thesis he sets out in his recent book (Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars, reviewed hereabouts) then he should be a force for good. I’m assuming he will be – even if his personal views aren’t 100% aligned with his employers, they must be reasonably close, at least in the context of these negotiations.

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