p2pnet - rss feed: RIAA elbows Canada
p2pnet.net News:- The RIAA’s (Recording Industry Association of America) Neil Turkewitz is fond of issuing self-inflating statements voicing his approval of various steps taken by the US Trade Representative (USTR) to protect the RIAA’s interests.
He was fulsome in his praise of the body when the USTR put the Korea on its special watch list.
A month later, Turkewitz roundly applauded, and said he "greatly appreciates," the US administration’s efforts in trying to solve copyright protection in problems in 56 countries.
More recently, the USTR recently placed Canada on its special watch list and now, "We join USTR in calling upon the Canadian Government to ‘join the strong international consensus by adopting copyright legislation that provides comprehensive protection to copyrighted works in the digital environment, by outlawing trafficking in devices to circumvent technological protection measures‘," he says.
US president George W. Bush must rest more easily at nights knowing Turkewitz, the RIAA’s "executive vp, international," is around.
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See:-
special watch list - RIAA commends US Korea decision, p2pnet, January 14, 2004
greatly appreciates - Hollywood threatens Israel, p2pnet, February 16, 2004
technological protection measures - Canada’s right to choose, p2pnet, May 9, 2005
May 10th, 2005 at 7:09 am
yay for poor security… Why have a system that is really secure when we can just make it illegal to show a security system’s weaknesses!
May 10th, 2005 at 6:30 pm
“We join USTR in calling upon the Canadian Government to ‘join the strong international consensus by adopting copyright legislation that provides comprehensive protection to copyrighted works…”
really this reads as:
“We join the USTR in intimidating the Canadian Government into falling in-line with what we deem the rest of the world should do, under the auspices of a propagandized and false international consensus (which we are currently manufacturing through deception and spin, much like the US gov did with Iraq) we WILL impose our will through a mandate of disrespect to all forms of sovereignty and goodwill in our reckless, short-sighted, ill-conceived crusade while using any and all necessary lies, intimidation and back-room deals out of the public eye until it’s too late for you to do anything about it.
We feel it is important to provide comprehensive protection to an outdated business model, to perpetuate and protect our flagrant abuse of artists and royalty payments, maintain a monopoly through legal barriers to entry, stifle innovation, continue to abuse the legal system for our own ends/profits, scream bloody murder while our profits continue to grow, and that’s the point isn’t it? Maximize the bottom line at the expense of the rest of you, the common consumer…moms, dads, grandmas, kids…it’s the American way, don’t fight it, because we’re going to force you to import it. Corporate greed under the guise of Capitalism, and justice for none.”
TT