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[TI] Internet Censorship Plan Reportedly Under Discussion.

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A controversial internet censorship plan including in the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement is reportedly being discussed by several world leaders, leaving to a backlash on the internet and plans to put a halt to it.

The plan will reportedly be under discussion in upcoming meetings, as the leaders of 12 countries discuss the plan as part of a greater trade agreement.
http://www.inquisitr.com/969345/trans-pacific-partnership-internet-censorship-plan-reportedly-under-discussion/

These are the 12 countries involved.
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United States
Canada
New Zealand
Brunei
Chile
Singapore
Australia
Peru
Vietnam
Malaysia
Mexico
Japan
And this is an excrept from the plan.

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Legal incentives must be provided to service providers to cooperate with deterring infringers (subpara (a))
Service providers must have a policy to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers (subpara (b)(vi)(A)) (i.e. service providers must implement three strikes)
Courts can order the termination of accounts, blocking websites and removing content (subpara (b)(viii))
Service providers must provide information about alleged infringers upon request of whoever sent the takedown notice (subpara (b)(xi))
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Article 4.1: Making copies explicitly includes temporary storage in electronic form
Article 15.1 (a): "Significant willful copyright or related rights infringements that have no direct or indirect motivation of financial gain" should be subject to criminal proceedings (as opposed to civil)
Article 15.5 (a): Penalties can include prison sentences
Article 15.5 (b),(d)(iii): Judicial authorities can seize and destroy implements related to the infringement (i.e. your computer)
 
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Out, side?
 
#12 ·
This doesn't entirely sound like censorship. Based on those excerpts, it just sounds like a more refined method of enforcing copyright infringement laws; which themselves are a problem more than the sub-laws enforcing them. However, ISP level copyright protection is silly in itself. Copyright protection should be the responsibility of the holder of said copyright. Governments should merely be involved with granting copyrights, whereas ISPs should merely provide data regarding the infringement at request.

ISPs have one responsibility, and that is providing internet service and everything that goes along with ensuring that service (ie. data collection). It's unfortunate that the government is working so hard to expand their responsibilities to law enforcement.
 
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Originally Posted by MightEMatt View Post

This doesn't entirely sound like censorship. Based on those excerpts, it just sounds like a more refined method of enforcing copyright infringement laws; which themselves are a problem more than the sub-laws enforcing them. However, ISP level copyright protection is silly in itself. Copyright protection should be the responsibility of the holder of said copyright. Governments should merely be involved with granting copyrights, whereas ISPs should merely provide data regarding the infringement at request.

ISPs have one responsibility, and that is providing internet service and everything that goes along with ensuring that service (ie. data collection). It's unfortunate that the government is working so hard to expand their responsibilities to law enforcement.
ISPs also have no legal authority to enforce laws in any way.
 
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Originally Posted by lacrossewacker View Post

What do the leaders of our countries know about Internet Censorship. They don't even know the difference between an IP Address and a Mac Address.
They know that when the record labels unzip, they have to go on their knees and do what they do best.
The drug companies sometimes like to watch.
 
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i am so glad i am old enough to have experienced the internet in its hay day in the early 00...back when things were in place to make it easy to use and browse, internet speeds were picking up and you werent being watched at every step.
lol, back when P2P sharing was still the thing to do.
 
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in EU internet is meanwhile a human right, thats why i think the removal of internet access in france was problematic, as it would not stand up to the eu court. so this wont ever fly in EU
if you look, those countries are all police states.
United States - police state
Canada - police state
New Zealand - lets see how dotcom fares
Brunei - police state
Chile - police state
Singapore - police state
Australia - police state
Peru - police state
Vietnam - police state
Malaysia - police state
Mexico - warzone
Japan - police state

i mean my uncle a catholic priest was seeing canadian police officers coming to church to listen whether priests dont preach against government enforced worldviews
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ou, wait OCN is a canadian company xD

best
revro
 
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Originally Posted by t00sl0w View Post

i am so glad i am old enough to have experienced the internet in its hay day in the early 00...back when things were in place to make it easy to use and browse, internet speeds were picking up and you werent being watched at every step.
lol, back when P2P sharing was still the thing to do.
My first real reason for the internet.......
CheatCC.com
How else was I to beat Turok 1-3 on N64????

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Originally Posted by lacrossewacker View Post

My first real reason for the internet.......
CheatCC.com
How else was I to beat Turok 1-3 on N64????

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omg, back before cheatCC became a malware hidout, haha.
i used to live on taht website.
 
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Gamesages!
 
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Originally Posted by phill1978 View Post

the UK cant wait to sell its self to America its a reet intercontinental whore bag ( sorry its a 'special relationship' )

they need a party that can step back from the US, they act just like a creepy uncle at a wedding
They have a "special relationship" because the US kept the UK from being conquered/overrun/destroyed/raped during WWII. You'd have a special relationship with someone who did that too.
 
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