Comments on: Panama's new copyright law is the worst in the history of the universe http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/panamas-new-copyright-law-is.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Umut Bozkurt http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/panamas-new-copyright-law-is.html#comment-1546426 Umut Bozkurt Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183915#comment-1546426 Here's another take: Six-figure copyright fines with no complaint from the author http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_18/issue_08/economy_01.html Here’s another take: Six-figure copyright fines with no complaint from the author

http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_18/issue_08/economy_01.html

]]> By: donovan acree http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/panamas-new-copyright-law-is.html#comment-1544125 donovan acree Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183915#comment-1544125 I do hope it passes. The public push-back should be something to behold. I do hope it passes. The public push-back should be something to behold.

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/panamas-new-copyright-law-is.html#comment-1544057 Robert Baruch Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183915#comment-1544057 A man. A plan. A shitty copyright treaty. A canal. Panama! A man. A plan. A shitty copyright treaty. A canal. Panama!

]]> By: princessalex http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/panamas-new-copyright-law-is.html#comment-1543983 princessalex Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183915#comment-1543983 "We've seen some stupid copyright laws in the past fifteen years, but Panama's new law -- which has passed the legislature and merely awaits executive approval." The first sentence left me hanging.  It needs an end to the clause, ". . . . but Panama's new law . . . " “We’ve seen some stupid copyright laws in the past fifteen years, but Panama’s new law — which has passed the legislature and merely awaits executive approval.”

The first sentence left me hanging.  It needs an end to the clause, “. . . . but Panama’s new law . . . “

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/panamas-new-copyright-law-is.html#comment-1543957 howaboutthisdangit Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183915#comment-1543957 I fear that laws like this will become more common around the globe, until a tipping point is reached and enough people become outraged.  My biggest fear is that the lawmakers and their media bosses are keeping a close eye on the overall balance, and will prevent that tipping.  They don't care how many people bitch and whine as long as those complaints don't translate into votes or consumer boycotts, and there are enough sheepish consumers to dampen any unrest. I fear that laws like this will become more common around the globe, until a tipping point is reached and enough people become outraged.  My biggest fear is that the lawmakers and their media bosses are keeping a close eye on the overall balance, and will prevent that tipping.  They don’t care how many people bitch and whine as long as those complaints don’t translate into votes or consumer boycotts, and there are enough sheepish consumers to dampen any unrest.

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/panamas-new-copyright-law-is.html#comment-1543949 Kimmo Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183915#comment-1543949 I've been refusing to pay fines for not wearing a bike helmet for twenty years, and it seems to be working out pretty well so far... Any scope for Panamanians to follow suit...? I’ve been refusing to pay fines for not wearing a bike helmet for twenty years, and it seems to be working out pretty well so far…

Any scope for Panamanians to follow suit…?

]]> By: Hector F. Chan http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/panamas-new-copyright-law-is.html#comment-1543895 Hector F. Chan Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183915#comment-1543895 You'd better be packing and move to Narnia.... You’d better be packing and move to Narnia….

]]> By: Sergio Faria Restrepo http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/panamas-new-copyright-law-is.html#comment-1543884 Sergio Faria Restrepo Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183915#comment-1543884 The only way in which Panama accept this, is by the free trade agreement that the U.S. imposed on us. And of course, why they did so quickly, but we will keep fighting until the end. We will not leave. The only way in which Panama accept this, is by the free trade agreement that the U.S. imposed on us. And of course, why they did so quickly, but we will keep fighting until the end. We will not leave.

]]> By: TimmoWarner http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/panamas-new-copyright-law-is.html#comment-1543852 TimmoWarner Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183915#comment-1543852 Worst in the history of the universe? More like BEST in the... wait... no. Worst in the history of the universe? More like BEST in the… wait… no.

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