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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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The battle may be over, but the war still goes on...
@Elle: Yeah, I'm kinda aware of that stuff. The "ability to sue foreign governments" thing isn't necessarily that bad though, as merely suing doesn't mean that the act goes through/the accused party is punished. From what I've heard, the process is more or less supposed to ensure that one country isn't producing laws and stuff that favor businesses within their own country above those from other places. I don't remember what the exact wording is for how the process is implemented, but I don't think these processes are supposed to be out of the ordinary for trade deals (though I haven't checked as to which other deals, if any, have this feature). I think it's more or less we are now aware of what these things are, and at a glance, they look frightening to those of us not versed in these matters/don't work with them directly. Also, the independent arbitration court thingy is supposed to ensure that it's not biased in favor of one particular country/party over another.
The intellectual property stuff isn't exactly stuff to write home about, but I don't think it's as bad as everyone makes it out to be. It more or less ensures countries/authorities involved can use criminal/civil procedures/law stuff against people for copyright stuff so it's somewhat standardized, though not necessarily to the extent we'll see mass trials for minor infringements, as there's also the onus one gets from making a claim in the first place along with how much damages one can extract from the potentially infringing party/costs of getting lawyers to do stuff. Aside from possibly being used as an excuse for trialing/jailing/censoring people in other places that might not have good fair use stuff, I don't think we'll be seeing too much in the way of bad stuff/lots of people being automatically being charged/tried for infringement.
There's also the secrecy and stuff, but I think that's supposed to be standard for these sorts of agreements, as that's supposed to ensure that any party's position isn't compromised by some news source reporting on the crap/compromises involved to reach the agreement, such as the leaks we've seen in this deal.
"Sorry, Argentina: you've not paid up, so we're going to sue you into the ground because our private companies are waaaaaay more important than your school teachers, civil servants, police officers, emergency service staff and public health workers and need the money more. Thanks. Oh, and stop whining about thousands of attributable deaths, your horrible debtor, you."
edited 26th Sep '16 10:17:23 PM by Euodiachloris
the biggest problem most people had with TPP was that it had SOPA in it, and that it, in general, continued to exacerbate old copyright laws that have been stretched and abused by big businesses for awhile now. which is something many people, especially online content creators, are getting tired of. anything else in it was irrelevant to people's opinions
at least, that's my thoughts on it, as someone who admittedly knows little of TPP beyond that.
I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?My opinion is that IP Law is currently broken since it is not designed for a world where everyone effectively has a printing press. To connect it to something in recent news... The EpiPen thing is patent law in action, in that the company that owns it is enforcing its government-granted monopoly on EpiPen devices. There needs to be an overhaul of the IP Laws so they can work more effectively for creators and allow less abuse from corporations.
edited 26th Sep '16 10:31:26 PM by GameGuruGG
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yeah, unfortunately that seems unlikely. at least in the immediate future.
in a normal election, I'd expect that point to be brought up and examined, but this one is such a loony election, half of it is spent on damage control, and making sure everyone is up to speed on what a real president looks like, to what a cartoon super villain looks like.
I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?So... How did the debate go? The Yahoo! headlines more or less say that Hillary had "put Trump on the defensive", which seems to mean that she won this round.
edited 27th Sep '16 1:58:07 AM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.So... She stands a good chance of taking the next two debates as well unless Trump somehow gets a monumental stroke of luck?
... Shiiiiiiit. The debate is over two hours long?!
I can't spare that much time! I thought it was supposed to be about 90 minutes tops.
Didn't watch it live as it airs at 3AM here, a time where I prioritize sleeping, but it looks like Hillary performed well. Which was what everyone predicted three months ago, and what no one predicted one week ago, funnily enough.
I get pessimism though, because I can't really imagine a debate hurting Trump's numbers. His entire motto is to con and BS his way whenever something goes against his headcanon of the world, and it seems like his fans share that attribute. So I can't really see any potential Trump voter being swayed down by a bad performance, which he will probably blame on the moderator being biased or Hillary being disrespectful.
Yeah, Trump is already claiming that he "clearly won" this debate. There should be psychological testing to block out such extremely and blatantly mind-addled people from even running in the first place.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.So. Saw last night's The Daily Show on the coverage on the debate, and damn. Noah did a better bit on Trump's sniffling than I was gonna do.
By the way, I was going to do a twist on Will Smith's bit in I, Robot when he said "Sorry, I'm allergic to bullshit," but rework it as something as how he was becoming allergic to his own.
"Sorry, I'm allergic to my own ballooney." "An autoimmune reaction?" "You're damn right I'm immune. No one's more immune. I'm the immunest. Believe me. And drink cactus juice. It'll quench ya."
Holy shit that's frighteningly appropriate.
edited 27th Sep '16 5:10:19 AM by TheHandle
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