Post A2TpRLhsayfr2IT5c0 by alex@gleasonator.com
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(DIR) Post #A2Tfi7nkY6wbI5ZgLA by alex@gleasonator.com
2020-12-23T01:40:57.758830Z
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I just leaned about the CASE Act, a Copyright law shoehorned into the relief bill, and it doesn’t look as bad as I expected. Rather than reading some blog article about it, here’s the actual text: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1273Participation in a Copyright Claims Board proceeding shall be on a voluntary basis in accordance with this chapter and the right of any party to instead pursue a claim, counterclaim, or defense in a district court of the United States or any other court, and to seek a jury trial, shall be preserved.So, this bill introduces a new small-claims copyright “court” thing, but you can choose to opt out of it as a defendant. I don’t really see a problem here except that they’re spending our tax dollars to solve an unnecessary problem. Copyright should be abolished.EFF is all like ‘THEY PASSED A BILL WITH COPYRIGHT IN IT, GOTTA RILE UP OUR BASE!!!’
(DIR) Post #A2TfzLfAGWfDCjluEa by lain@lain.com
2020-12-23T01:44:05.025465Z
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@alex eff is enraged about everything. remember net neutrality?
(DIR) Post #A2TpRLWtFpsqUDKJU0 by dermitbones@baraag.net
2020-12-23T03:03:36Z
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@alex what does it have to do with the relief bill, though?
(DIR) Post #A2TpRLhsayfr2IT5c0 by alex@gleasonator.com
2020-12-23T03:29:59.532303Z
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@dermitbones They attached it to the relief bill so nobody would say no.
(DIR) Post #A2TpzGWaMwCooGMGTg by LostInCalifornia@spinster.xyz
2020-12-23T03:36:07.652255Z
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@alex @dermitbones They put it in the relief bill because they haven’t done much legislating for the past 4 years.
(DIR) Post #A2TtFCqg6TRVuA360W by anonymoose@fedi.club
2020-12-23T04:12:37.383820Z
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@lain @alex I do remember NN. That's when I stopped giving them money.
(DIR) Post #A2TvIenipkJBNHRJTM by dermitbones@baraag.net
2020-12-23T03:33:36Z
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@alex I know, it's such a scummy move to do. They know it wouldn't stand on its own.
(DIR) Post #A2U0LBvV910OSf6dIe by af@social.librem.one
2020-12-23T05:32:07Z
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@alex in this case I trust eff more than you
(DIR) Post #A2U17d7NLlpkh6l1EG by seanking@traboone.com
2020-12-23T05:40:53.181062Z
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@dermitbones @alex It is truly the most scummy thing a lawmaker can do. There needs to be standards that Congress is held accountable to in order to prevent stuff like this from happening again in the future (and also, term limits).
(DIR) Post #A2U5Ni4f5fDGW2PXdo by alex@gleasonator.com
2020-12-23T06:28:36.416145Z
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@af Wow thanks for that very constructive reply
(DIR) Post #A2U5gpWdbwhJ7xc7Ga by alex@gleasonator.com
2020-12-23T06:32:03.400894Z
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@af Also, I linked to the actual source text. I don’t know what else to say.
(DIR) Post #A2U6RmuN9wLecY6fuS by coyote@lain.sh
2020-12-23T06:40:33.074775Z
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@alex Just a second, it says the “proceedings” are “on a voluntary basis” but that if you don’t do it with the Copyright Claims Board, you can seek a jury trial in court. It does not say that the process itself is compulsory, it says “you do it with us or do it with the courts and you have a right to jury trial” Implementation can be wildly different from the letter of the law though, that’s why I’m not 100% concerned with this, however I don’t wanna go to court just for posting some random meme that happens to use copyrighted material, which is how the letter of the law is reading to me.Seconded that copyright should go away, back to the 20s (15 years after publication and not a second more)