[Americaneedsyou]

Such treaties are not put together by elected officials, but appointed diplomats, often with tremendous input (to the point of allowing them to write the details) from industries that are protected. Then, once those treaties are in place, copyright maximalists just get to sit back and say "but we must make our copyright laws stronger if we ever expect to live up to our international obligations..." The latest such attempt is the infamous ACTA bill, which

[DoughtyOne]

What I want to know is where are the home Blue-Ray DVRs, to replace our decaying DVD recorders?

What gives?

You can record HD on your cameras, but can’t record that quality to your DVDs.

You can’t record shows off on Blue-Ray DVD media either, to expand your library.

[HiTech RedNeck]

This looks like a Canada issue, not a USA issue.

[bamahead]

Such treaties are not put together by elected officials, but appointed diplomats, often with tremendous input (to the point of allowing them to write the details) from industries that are protected. Then, once those treaties are in place, copyright maximalists just get to sit back and say "but we must make our copyright laws stronger if we ever expect to live up to our international obligations



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[antiRepublicrat]

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I've written about this treaty before. Everything about the treaty was kept as secret as possible. Industry had wide representation in the negotiations for the treaty, and not just the movie industry, but software and other companies. Rights groups representing the general public's interest were excluded, FOIA requests for information denied or heavily redacted.

[wendy1946]

I somehow doubt that Dick Wagner or Peter Tchaikovsky give a rat’s *** over how much of their music I download...