'Son of ACTA' Worse Than Original 288
An anonymous reader writes "TechDirt has the latest on the leaked US proposals for the 'Son of ACTA' treaty and it looks worse than the original. It's practically a checklist for how to kill innovation while making lawyers rich. In particular, they call for expanding what's patentable, blocking people from buying copyrighted goods in other countries and taking them home, expanding liability for ISPs whose users commit acts of infringement, forcing ISPs to identify their users to anyone on demand, and getting rid of third-party patent review while expanding the presumption that they're valid. The only way it could get any worse would be if it were enacted in law."
Change (Score:1, Funny)
You can believe in. Right up the ass.
Re:Everything can be copyrighted! (Score:5, Funny)
Things that can be copyrighted: Books, nicknacks, travel brochures, the pattern on my boxers...
"Sir, this skidmark is clearly derivative."
"Um, Parody?"
Re:Kill'em all (Score:3, Funny)
I say we take it one step further and kill all humans. Cleaner and simpler.
ha, nice try skynet...
Really? In my head that was Bender's voice.
Re:good (Score:3, Funny)
If I had mod points, I'd mod you up. This is the absolute fucking truth. I'm so fucking tired of the anti-capitalists on slashdot. It's the most annoying aspect about the site.
I think you need to sit down with your neighbors in your building's common room, next to the "trouble bush" (fed by the spring) and have a discussion about this... remember the talking stick that we pass around. the more we share, the better our lives are. the more we rid our lives of the scramble for possessions and monetary wealth, the higher we become.
Peace & Love,
Thomas
Re:Stop trying to spread your s*t (Score:5, Funny)