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Copyright section: It seems to be giving everyone in the TPP area "Fair Use" rights. This is a HUGE positive change to Canada, NZ and Australia which haven't
by jpollock 11y ago
Copyright section:
It seems to be giving everyone in the TPP area "Fair Use" rights. This is a HUGE positive change to Canada, NZ and Australia which haven't had that previously. [1]
However, the TPM section will make every single citizen in New Zealand a criminal. You see, in NZ every DVD player is sold region-free. The salesperson will say "would you like that region free"? Not being stupid, everyone says "yes", and proceeds to buy DVDs/BluRays from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com. [2] Although, it does have this caveat:
"[...]applied where any person is found to have engaged willfully and
for the purposes of commercial advantage or financial gain"
Which might give them a fig leaf to hide behind? Then there's this paragraph which looks like a truck sized hole:
"Each Party may provide certain exceptions and limitations to the measures implementing subparagraphs (a)(i) and (ii) in order to enable noninfringing uses"
Oh, this is all around "Rights Management Information", basically, any piece of information which says who the authors, performers, producers and owners are. So, a bit of metadata attached to the mp3 is sufficient. Even a foreign key is allowed. [3]
Personally, I want to see the agricultural section, and whether or not parallel imports have been banned.
[1] http://keionline.org/sites/default/files/Section-G-Copyright-Related-Rights-TPP-11May2015.pdf http://keionline.org/sites/default/files/Section-G-Copyright... Article.GG.Y
[2] http://keionline.org/sites/default/files/Section-G-Copyright-Related-Rights-TPP-11May2015.pdf http://keionline.org/sites/default/files/Section-G-Copyright... Article QQ.G.10
[2] http://keionline.org/sites/default/files/Section-G-Copyright-Related-Rights-TPP-11May2015.pdf http://keionline.org/sites/default/files/Section-G-Copyright... Article QQ.G.13 (c)
- beloch 11y ago"This is a HUGE positive change to Canada, NZ and Australia which haven't had that previously." Canada has "fair dealing", which has largely the same effect as "fair use" in the U.S..
- nbarAKL 11y ago"You see, in NZ every DVD player is sold region-free." I'm not sure what you're basing this on. I haven't seen region free DVD players being sold in NZ for the last couple of years.