CAFTA Treaty Exports DMCA 377
PingXao writes "The BSA, RIAA and MPAA successfully lobbied the U.S. Congress to include DMCA-like provisions in the recently approved CAFTA treaty, according to CNet. Among other provisions, Chapter 15 of the treaty requires treaty signatories to allow software patents, extend Copyright protections to 70 years after the author's death, and make it illegal to produce 'circumvention devices' for protected works."
Re:~Security - ~Freedom (Score:3, Funny)
1) shear them
2) skin them
3) eat them
With more laws favourising businesses over people, people get treated increasingly more like sheep.
Well, this lack of long-term vision will eventually backfire and cause damage far worse than they may be imagining now. The digital age was supposed to mean convergence... but with all the proprietary DRM, media formats and incompatible platforms, it looks more like an age of divergence.