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Potential of US Copyright Agenda to Endanger Freedom of Expression in China
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| Given the way in which copyright law was transplanted into China without a
| fulsome cultural understanding of the values that informed the system, it
| seems the power of copyright can be easily usurped for means that infringe on
| political and civil rights. And yet, the United States, through the WTO
| process, is seeking stronger copyright protection in China.
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| This seeming inconsistency may not currently be a large issue because of the
| more explicit means of control available to the Chinese government. However,
| as political pressure mounts on the human rights front, it is possible that
| the Chinese government may have to be more covert in their attempts to
| suppress political speech. If that happens, copyright law may begin to look
| appealing to the Chinese government as a means of control.
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http://www.iposgoode.ca/2009/04/potential-of-us-copyright-agenda-to-endanger/
Queen Elizabeth II rules world's worst copyright regime?
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| A pair of consumer groups have surveyed 16 copyright regimes around the
| world. The worst one they found was the United Kingdom, a "blessed plot"
| which makes it illegal to rip CDs, doesn't protect parody and satire, and
| puts a copyright on government documents.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/queen-elizabeth-ii-rules-worlds-worst-copyright-regime.ars
Recent:
Hey, Warner, Leave those Kids Alone
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| Last month we reported that Warner Music Group was using YouTube’s Content
| I.D. (aka Video I.D.) tool to effectively censor myriad fair uses. We asked
| people to contact us if they needed legal help and put up a YouTube removal
| primer to give folks information about their options. As a result we’ve seen
| beautiful film montages set to music, videos to assist the hearing impaired,
| and many other examples of amazing artistic talent that have been censored by
| Warner Music.
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http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/hey-warner-leave-those-kids-alone
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