Rumors of a 'Whisper Campaign' Forming Against Fair Use 174
An anonymous reader writes "Ars Technica reports that a group of companies and organizations it calls 'big content' is currently engaged in a worldwide 'whisper campaign' against Fair Use. 'The counter-reformation in question takes the form of a "whispering campaign" in which ministries in different countries are told that plans to expand fair use rights might well run afoul of the Berne Convention's "three-step test." The Convention, which goes back to the late 1800s, was one of the earliest international copyright treaties and is now administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).'"
Re:Only the US has fair use anyway... (Score:4, Informative)
Re:The "3 steps" (Score:4, Informative)
Re:The "3 steps" (Score:2, Informative)
Unless, of course, you're saying that these people (mostly eligible to vote in free elections in Mexico) have some inalienable right to cut in line ahead of those poor unfortunate souls playing by the rules while trying to escape genocide in Dafur or totalitarianism in China.
Legal immigration = Good
Criminal border-crossings and lawless subcultures = Bad
Re:Anyone remember when... (Score:3, Informative)