Watch it there - Canada was praised in that report...
(Warning - I feel
another rant coming on)
The report also highlights progress
on the
issue in Canada and Spain. Instead of being on the list of
offenders,
those two are mentioned as being in transition
after they took, according to
the report, “positive steps
toward putting in place a stronger legal framework
for the
protection of copyright.”
"Positive steps" are in
the eye of the beholder. In my
opinion they were negative steps. Our prime
minister
consulted the people, then simply ignored them, while
enacting the
legislation demanded by the US gov and the
MAFIAA. After he said "It was the
most consulted legislation
in Canadian history."
The report says about
Italy...
“Italy’s regulatory communications authority
(AGCOM) was unable to pass much-needed reforms to combat
piracy,” says the
report, noting that without such reforms
“the widespread perception will endure
that illegal
downloading is not harmful.”
They are
calling it "reforms". Such an innocuous sounding
word. Sounds like something
good, something desirable.
Neelie Kroes used that word in her
speech the other day.
With it, she meant to say that copyright law should
serve
the citizens of Europe in this modern age. I don't think
that is quite
what the U.S. Congressional International
Anti-Piracy Caucus had in
mind...
"We expect our trading partners to protect
the
intellectual property rights of creators. Our creative
industries employ
millions of Americans and are some of our
most competitive exports. All we want
is a level playing
field where all nations live up to their obligations to
protect intellectual property and enforce existing laws.”
said Rep. Adam
Schiff (D-CA).
All they want is a level playing field that
is tilted in
favour of US copyright organizations such as the MPAA and
RIAA.
"While the U.S. is the world’s leader in
intellectual
property protections, the problem does not stop at our
borders.
The only way to ensure the full protection of
Americans’ creative works is to
actively encourage other
countries around the globe to enact and enforce strong
intellectual property laws.”
They certainly don't mince
words. They want the whole
world to respect US copyrights. The US is the centre
of the
universe. We should all revolve around them.
Funny thing - the
USA used to be known for their
technical innovation. That is what helped them
rise up to
become a super power. Now their glory days are over. They
offshore
all their technology development and just keep the
patents on shore. Now they
want to sit back and collect
rent. They don't care about technical leadership
any more.
They even invite the Chinese
to walk
into their computer networks to take what they want.
“I wish it could be said that the 2012 International
Anti-
Piracy Watch List contained some promising news,” said
Senator Orrin
Hatch (R-UT). “Unfortunately, this year’s
Watch List confirms that copyright
piracy continues to
spread at an alarming pace.
IP piracy takes
something for nothing – representing the
largest transfer of wealth in history.
This is a global cause worthy of our best
efforts.
Wow - this is just too much. Do these guys ever
stop to
listen to themselves? "This is a global cause worthy of our
best
efforts." A global cause to pay rent to the USA and
their MAFIAA? You've got to
be kidding. "representing the
largest transfer of wealth in history." What
transfer of
wealth is going on? Maybe transfer of files, but there is no
"wealth" flowing out of US coffers. In fact, year by year,
revenues are up.
Money flows in to Hollywood, the music
publishers and software publishers
(includes Microsoft,
don't
you forget) from all over the world. However,
Microsoft
doesn't pay much in taxes to the USA. Maybe that's what they
mean by
"transfer of wealth". Its certainly not the pirates.
You Americans out
there - we love you, but your
government - you have got to get control of it
someday.
These Senators are stomping all over everybody in their mad
rush to
serve their masters, the MAFIAA. They are giving
Americans a bad name. The
corruption start with the executive branch
and works
its way down to Senators and Congressional reps. You have an
election coming up there I believe. Might be a good time to
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