Comments on: ACTA Anti-Piracy Treaty Criticized by EU Parliament President

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Acta, steun brokkelt af ! » Occupy waar je ook bent! — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:18:14 +0000

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Massive Street Protests Wage War On ACTA Anti-Piracy Treaty | Hosting In — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:13:27 +0000

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By: Mmacleod8111

Mmacleod8111 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:57:00 +0000

What makes you think that this has anything to do with music/dvds etc.

THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS INTERNET CONTROL
WORLD POWER

This MUST be fought!! MUST BE FOUGHT

and you can bet your bottom dollar OBAMA is behind it!!

Dont blame the American people they are being fkd as well as everyone else
Their lives will be controlled along with everyone else

WAKE UP European court FIGHT this this step towards WORLD DOMINANCE

By: PS London

PS London — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

From what I know (in the uk at least) Sony would own all copies of the music, by purchasing a cd/vinyl lp etc you are essentially buying a licence to personal replay of the copyrighted material on the cd. Anyone that recorded a song from the radio onto a cassette and then played that cassette to some friends or lent it to a mate would be infringing. Fortunately that was shown to be an unenforceable load of balls, but I have no doubt that if it had been possible, the labels would have attempted to make everybody pay for every single instance.

Check out the UK copyright websites for more:
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/copy.htm
http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p01_uk_copyright_law

What I don’t understand is how come it’s ok to go to a nightclub (a public space) and be charged for entry and dancing to a DJ playing copyrighted material. The DJ has performer’s rights but I guarantee they won’t have the right to publicly play all the tracks used over the course of 2 or 3 hrs and I’m fairly sure the record labels aren’t going round to all the clubs in the world, monitoring what music is being played and demanding payment from the clubs and DJs for every single song! It’s all horseshite..

By: Erp

Erp — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:20:00 +0000

I still haven’t found an answer to my question. Since most people have paid in some form or another (TV licence, buying CDs, Vinyl, downloads) a payment to the artist to hear their music being performed, doesn’t that pay the copyright fee. What copyright does Sony and the others hold? Is it of the piece of plastic itself? Do they have a copright on my MP3 version which I have produced from the copyright-paid vinyl version, I have just learned to copy onto my machine? I don’t understand what it is that SONY “owns” – the right to reproduce (everytime I play a record, a CD or an MP3 version)? the right to copy from one to another format (but I have already paid to the artist the copyright fee in one format, does that not carry over to another format? Why didn’t they prosecute users for copying from cassette tape to cassette tape? Videotape to videotape? Is it somehow more illegal to copy from video to AVI files?
It strikes me that SONY and the others have defined, in law, their rights and are now imposing them on others, when the rights they claim have never legally been established. If I lend you a vinyl record to play on your record player, do I breach copyright and should I pay SONY a copyright fee? Why is it different to “lend” you any MP3 file or DivX? And don’t these challenges have to be established in each jurisdiction that SONY-Warner, etc. are laying down their claims?

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:59:00 +0000

Well here’s your answer: Money. Money in the form of politcal payoffs fuels everything. If you think for one second that any government or politician represents anything other than their next trick (they are whores afterall).
then you are sadly mistaken. The usa is lost. Government by the people for the people no longer exists. It is simply government for large financial interests and their lawyers.

By: Jim123

Jim123 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:45:00 +0000

fuck them acta passing law making incumbent motherfucking cocksucking cunt niggers
truth and peace shall prevail

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By: Oli

Oli — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:50:00 +0000

Because, as always, the UK has to stand up to something evil while America just kinda goes ‘ehh, maybe later.. oh fine, if you insist on making a noise, then I suppose we have to as well..’

And yes, I just compared ACTA to the Nazis. What what, pip pip. Good show, old boy.

By: OutrageMcMurderspree

OutrageMcMurderspree — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:24:00 +0000

The bills are relentless and forever.
Unlike my life, your life, or theirs…

A cranium is a cranium no matter who owns it.

Who says democracy made us equal?
Death, the ultimate leveler.

The fear of retribution, not the ballot count, is how they should govern themselves.
How they will.