On: Jury in Oracle v. Google finds in Google's favour

[guelo]

> The Bono law may have slipped through Congress with nary a dissent in its day but this will not happen again, whatever the lobbying power of Disney and others.

Copyright maximalists realizing this have moved to circumvent democracy globally by enshrining their most draconian laws into "free trade" treaties. These treaties have the proven ability to overturn the will of national democratic bodies and are almost impossible to remove once imposed.

[toyg → guelo]

That used to be the case, but they're not that easy to impose these days. Abuses have been so blatant, and treaties written in such poor manner, that public opinion and media are now "critical by default" of any new treaty. This is particularly true in Europe.

[sounds → guelo]

And "free trade" treaties also have the convenient feature that they can be used for far more than just copyright. It's criminal.

[rayiner → guelo]

> Copyright maximalists realizing this have moved to circumvent democracy globally by enshrining their most draconian laws into "free trade" treaties.

It's globalists and internationalists that circumvented democracy. The copyright maximalists are just trying to take advantage of the opening.

[fidget → rayiner]

Oh, do treaties no longer need to be ratified?

[tremon → fidget]

How many multilateral treaties have been stopped at the ratification stage?

[MawNicker → rayiner]

> It's globalists and internationalists that circumvented democracy.

You're usually full of rock solid arguments and facts about how the sky isn't really falling. That was a real bummer to read. :(