All this discussion of authors rights has been interesting, but I haven't seen much mention of ACTA in the last couple hundred posts.
What about ACTA? Do it's goals enhance creativity? How do you know? Is a secret trade agreement the way to rewrite copyright law all over the world, or should each country or common market use the traditional open legislative fora?
Oh darn, I think I just gave away my bias!
So those of you who want to see a 'war on drugs' style 'war on copying' need do nothing. You'll probably get your wish.
What about the rest of us? What can we do to make more people aware of the importance of
balanced copyright law? The "new Canadian government" (almost as partisan as American politics, for those unfamiliar) has promised to bring in new copyright legislation this year, so the question is kind of urgent here in Canada. We could sleepwalk our way to a made-in-Hollywood-DMCA - and I think that would be a tragedy. Of course, that could spark 'the revolution' - and that would be another tragedy.
So what can we do to prevent all that?
