[url]http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/10/us-signs-international-anti-piracy-accord.ars[/url]
[QUOTE]The United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Korea signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on Saturday, an accord targeting intellectual property piracy.
The European Union, Mexico and Switzerland—the only other governments participating in the accord’s creation—did not sign the deal at a ceremony in Japan but "confirmed their continuing strong support for and preparations to [URL="http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2011/october/joint-press-statement-anti-counterfeiting-trade-ag"]sign the agreement as soon as practical[/URL]," the parties said in a joint statement.
The United States applauded the deal.
"As with many of the challenges we face in today's global economy, no government can single-handedly eliminate the problem of global counterfeiting and piracy. Signing this agreement is therefore an act of shared leadership and determination in the international fight against intellectual property theft," said Mariam Sapiro, deputy United States trade representative.
The [URL="http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/2417"]deal[/URL], more than three years in the making and open for signing until May 2013, exports on participating nations an intellectual-property enforcement regime resembling the one in the United States.
Rashmi Rangnath, a staff attorney with Public Knowledge in Washington, DC, said the deal "clearly, is an attempt to foist US law on other countries."
Among other things, [B]the accord demands governments make it unlawful to market devices that circumvent copyright, such as devices that copy encrypted DVDs without authorization.[/B] That is akin to a feature in the the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the United States, where the law has been used by Hollywood studios to [URL="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/08/judge-copying-dvds-is-illegal/"]block RealNetworks from marketing DVD-copying technology[/URL].
The accord, which the United States says [URL="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/acta-treaty-or-accord/"]does not require Congressional approval[/URL], also calls on participating nations to maintain extensive seizure and forfeiture laws when it comes to counterfeited goods that are trademarked or copyrighted. Most important, countries must carry out a legal system where victims of intellectual property theft may be awarded an undefined amount of monetary damages.
In the United States, for example, the Copyright Act allows for damages of up to $150,000 per infringement. A Boston jury has dinged a college student $675,000 for [URL="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/file-sharing-verdict-reinstated/"]pilfering 30 tracks on Kazaa, while a Minnesota jury[/URL] has awarded the Recording Industry Association of America $1.5 million for the purloining of 24 songs online.
A US-backed footnote removed from the document more than a year ago provided for "[URL="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/terminate-copyright-scofflaws/"]the termination[/URL]" of Internet accounts for repeat online infringers. US internet service providers and content providers, however, have brokered such a deal [URL="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/disrupting-internet-access/"]toward that goal[/URL].
Until European Union authorities began leaking the document’s text, the Obama administration was claiming the accord was a "[URL="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/03/obama-declares/"]national security[/URL]" secret.
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nope
Go ahead and jail about 75% of internet users, most of which being minors
because the US really is good at enforcing laws like this
Seriously, 1.5m was awarded to the RIAA for 24 fucking songs? Having to pay 675 grand for downloading 30 songs? There is something really really wrong with this system. Fucking money grubbing bastards
does this mean simply ripping a song off of youtube that is in a paid album can get me in jail?
This is ridiculous. I hope the wall street protests in america evolve into a protest against the US government in general and what its become.
[QUOTE=Glitch360;32633974]Seriously, 1.5m was awarded to the RIAA for 24 fucking songs? Having to pay 675 grand for downloading 30 songs? There is something really really wrong with this system. Fucking money grubbing bastards[/QUOTE]at most they should pay the worth of the songs they downloaded, plus a small fine, not 30 grand + per song. Fuck this system
A Boston jury has dinged a college student $675,000 for pilfering 30 tracks on Kazaa,
Ruined his life
for 30
fucking
TRACKS OF MUSIC
Huzzah for politicians making market laws based on lawyer logic instead of economist logic and common sense!
Seriously, do they even fucking understand what they're talking about? Or are do they understand, but just like lobbyists too much?
Oh, wait, no, it's both.
Canada's next.
[QUOTE=Glitch360;32633974]Seriously, 1.5m was awarded to the RIAA for 24 fucking songs? Having to pay 675 grand for downloading 30 songs? There is something really really wrong with this system. Fucking money grubbing bastards[/QUOTE]
This is what happens when corporations have a louder voice than the people.
Half a million dollars for 30 tracks of music
Really?
the world is fucked
fuck i can't believe nz signed this. john key is a piece of shit and he's in USA's pocket. i wasn't planning on voting this year because generally i don't give a fuck, but i am a new zealander NOT an american and i refuse to let my countries domestic policies be influenced by american corporatism
Erm, I'm now scared about my music collection
Hopefully shit like this will never be enforced, bands make money off of tours and mechandise nowadays anyway
The EU will never sign this, no way can they get a majority vote for this.
I don't mind corporations when they make useful products but when it comes to media it's just a history of patent wars and digital copyright cases where the person who violated is raped with a cost of millions.
[QUOTE=Clementine;32634033]A Boston jury has dinged a college student $675,000 for pilfering 30 tracks on Kazaa,
Ruined his life
for 30
fucking
TRACKS OF MUSIC[/QUOTE]
What would have happened if he had stolen 2 or 3 albums from a store?
Yeah.
[QUOTE=Clementine;32634033]A Boston jury has dinged a college student $675,000 for pilfering 30 tracks on Kazaa,
Ruined his life
for 30
fucking
TRACKS OF MUSIC[/QUOTE]
That's what he gets for using Kazaa of all things. Hopefully he learns to use newer technology.
[QUOTE=Da_Maniac_;32634654]What would have happened if he had stolen 2 or 3 albums from a store?
Yeah.[/QUOTE]
Record labels would rather you shoplift because at that point they've already made the sale.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;32634659]That's what he gets for using Kazaa of all things. Hopefully he learns to use newer technology.[/QUOTE] The article doesn't specify when he was caught with the music, but kazaa could have been new when he downloaded the tracks.
There is a law against piracy in France too (fucking HADOPI) but it's restricted to Torrent because it's too hard to check direct download, if not impossible. You can't get in jail except if you are the head of a major piracy forum or something but they can still cut your Internet access after two warning emails.
Uncheckable Direct Download master race.
Because we can totally fit half the Internet population into jails without there being mass-overflow of people.
Just another case of dumb politicians, I know friends who commit these "crimes" daily, and everyone knows. Teachers fucking do it for fuck sake. How can you control something like this?
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
No.
Good thing I chucked my hooky DVD's years ago.
"Hey man, what're ya in for?"
"downloading a song"
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;32634659]That's what he gets for using Kazaa of all things. Hopefully he learns to use newer technology.[/QUOTE]
Limewire. :v:
[editline]5th October 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;32634561]The EU will never sign this, no way can they get a majority vote for this.[/QUOTE]
Fun fact, in the Netherlands it's actually not illegal to download music or movies.
This seems worse for other countries that signed it than the US. Mostly it's just a way to force US laws and corporate power on others. It doesn't seem like something that will significantly change the piracy situation.
[QUOTE=Dogchow33;32635922]"Hey man, what're ya in for?"
"downloading a song"[/QUOTE]
"We aren't fond of your kind here!"
And then he gets raped.
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