brofisting:

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scootermoto:

lazulila:

digiportplz:

cartoonfanatic:

niklauz:

stormofthunder:

“From what I can tell it’s even LESS known than ACTA. I haven’t even been able to find any YouTube videos on it.

Here are two lovely quotes I think you will find interesting:

“A leaked version of the February 2011 draft U.S. TPP Intellectual Property Rights Chapter indicates that U.S. negotiators are pushing for the adoption of copyright measures far more restrictive than currently required by international treaties, including the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.”

“The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is pursuing a TPP agreement that will require signatory counties to adopt heightened copyright protection that advances the agenda of the U.S. entertainment and pharmaceutical industries, but omits the flexibilities and exceptions that protect Internet users and technology innovators.”

Yep, more restrictive than ACTA.

Countries will be forced to rewrite their copyright laws and adopt this agreement’s (beyond sucky) laws.

I don’t really know much about this myself, but here are a few points summarized from the article:
-Temporary reproductions of copyrighted works without permission will count as infringement. (So I’m guessing you can’t put your music on an external drive if you’re getting a new computer?)
-Countries can’t import legitimate goods without copyright owner approval. (So basically Japan could say that USA is no longer allowed to import anime.)
-Extend the Life+70 years copyright in individual work, and the 95 years after publication/120 years for corporation stuff.
-Ban circumvention of digital locks. (DMCA is a whole host of issues in and of itself.)
-“Adopt criminal sanctions for copyright infringement that is done without a commercial motivation.” (Pretty self-explanatory there.)
-“Adopt the U.S. DMCA Internet Intermediaries copyright safe harbor regime in its entirety. This would require Chile to rewrite its forward-looking 2010 copyright law that currently provides for a judicial notice and takedown regime, which provides greater protection to Internet users’ expression and privacy than the DMCA’s copyright safe harbor regime.” (Couldn’t have said it better myself.)” - WindieDragon

Mother of fucking god, I am seriously getting tired of the fucking US continuously fucking trying to fuck shit up by making so much fucking shit and caring so fucking much about fucking copyright and fucking intellectual fucking properly fucking problems when there are so many other fucking much more fucking important fucking problems that have to be fucking taken fucking care of. Fuck.

I don’t fucking care if this will fucking fill my fucking fuck quota of the fucking month, holy fucking shit balls on a dick.

I don’t fucking even fucking FUCK.

Just spread this shit. Just fucking do it.

What the fucking fuck, can’t they fucking give the internet a fucking break?!

>: I have no response to express my anger

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HOLY FUCK IT’S LIKE IT KEEPS DIGIVOLVING.

GAAAH

fuckingshit what the fucking SHIT holy fucking HELL fuckfuckfuckWHY god fuuuuuuuuuuuuu are you fucking serious

IT KEEPS HAPPENING

Seriously, though. Apocalypse. What can you even do. I will do some research & get back to you.

infinitymax:

rukawagf:

If everyone donates $5 to chibi.coco@gmail.com or $10…. she can have a surgery and live.

The goal is $30,000.

This is an EMERGENCY and she’ll need the money ASAP (like possibly even THIS WEEKEND ASAP)

I apologize for the spam but to me it’s important.

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If you can’t donate, please help signal boost this guys. Please help her.

im-not-o-fucking-hungry:

PLEASE REBLOG - IT ONLY TAKES 5 MINUTES

rachelandthecity:

Militarization of Campus Police

leftcoastjane:

This UC Davis prof,

Bob Ostertag

Composer, historian, journalist, and Professor of Technocultural Studies and Music at UC Davis

responds to the violence on the Davis campus, I saw it via OhPauline and…

 bubbleteacup:

rochecoach:

OH GOD I WANT TO REBLOG THIS SEVEN HUNDRED TIMES.

:|

wilwheaton:

Google knows it. Viacom knows it. The Chamber of Commerce knows it. Internet democracy groups know it. BoingBoing knows it. But, the Internet hasn’t been told yet — we’re going to get blown away by the end of the year. The worst bill in Internet history is about to become law. Law is very real here in the United States and legal language is often different than stated intentions — this law would give government and corporations the power to block sites like BoingBoing over infringing links on at least one webpage posted by their users. Believe the EFF, Public Knowledge, Google when they say this bill is about much more than copyright, it’s about the Internet and free speech everywhere.

The MPAA, RIAA, Hollywood knows that they have been flying in CEOs of as many companies as possible, recruiting people to get petition signups at malls in California, and here’s the big point— they know they have gotten their message through to Congress — the worst bill in Internet history, the one where government and their corporations get unbelievable power to take down sites, threaten payment processors into stopping payment to sites on a blacklist, and throw people in jail for posting ordinary content is about to pass before the end of this year. The only thing that is going to stop Hollywood from owning the Internet and everything we do, is if there is a big surprise Internet backlash starting right now.

PROTECT IP (S. 968)/SOPA (HR. 3261) creates the first system for Internet censorship - this bill has sweeping provisions that give the government and corporations leeway and legal cover for taking down sites “by accident,” mistakenly, or for NOT doing “enough” to protect the interests of Hollywood. These bills that are moving very quickly through Congress and can pass before Christmas aim to give the US government and corporations the ability to block sites over infringing links posted by their users and give ISPs the release to take any means to block peoples’ sites, including slowing down your connection. That’s right, some say this bill is a workaround to net neutrality and is bigger than net neutrality.

This is the worst piece of Internet legislation in history - the lawmakers who have been sponsoring (Leahy, Lamar Smith, Conyers) this bill need to be shamed by the Internet community for wasting taxpayer dollars on a bill that would break the very fabric of the Internet, create an Internet blacklist, kill jobs and great startup companies, huge blogs, and social networks.

shirtoid:

The Doctor vs. The Universe by Bogswallop is on sale for $12 for a limited time at Nowhere Bad

Bone Collectors



Down in the shaft

He digs and digs

Down in the mine

He bleeds and bleeds



And he smiles, he smiles

He’s found a light

And he hurts, he hurts

He digs and digs



So much for gold

That’s getting old

So much for stones

Come dig my bones



Deep in the forest

He shoots and shoots

Deep in the green

He kills and kills



And they fall, they fall

Give up the white

And they die, they die

He hunts and hunts/He shoots and shoots



So much for tusks

Elephants at dusk

So much for stones

Come hunt my bones



Deep in the shop

They work and work

Deep at the tools

They look and look



And it shines, it shines

It bleeds the light

Night after night

They look and look



So much for jewels

Now who’s a fool ?

So much for stones

Come cut my bones



Down in the street

She walks and walks

Down, oh downtown

Pretty, oh so pretty



Give me riches

‘Cause it itches

Give me jewels

To feed the fools

Give me your stones

Give me the Earth and her bones



Dig and hurt

And shot and die

Work at night

Walk and hook



So much for looks

Come sell the books

So much for stones

Come kiss my bones

***

Because there was once a time when I tried to be an amateur songwriter.