Please Read This

[lady_windermere]

I just read this and think everyone should be aware of the latest threat to all fandom's and our use of our journals.

Please read this

50 years of copywright over our posts! These are our babies!

Comments

[so-sharlemaine.livejournal.com]

The world governments are desperate in their attempts to control the media, the internet, and satellite transmissions. I don't see how this could ever happen or be enforces, but I don't doubt that they sure are trying.

How would anyone ever be able to copyright their own work? Even published authors would be threatened.

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

Yeah it could be really bad, but I am wondering how it would effect people outwith the US...I mean would the fact that lj is based in America mean that we have agreed? If so would we need to sign a new agreement?

[so-sharlemaine.livejournal.com]

Well it's an international organization putting it together, but the US is the one pushing it and the main supporter. However if it passed it would be an international law or agreement and would apply to all countries. Copyright laws are international, not just federal.

At least that's what I got from the link. But I don't profess to be fully versed in it.

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

Yeah they would have to do that, with the users being all over the world. Still think they would need to have us sign some sort of agreement, couldn't just change it without our say so. Then we would not be able to have blogs, total bummer!

[so-sharlemaine.livejournal.com]

Oh they wouldn't have to get our agreement. If it became an international law, then we'd have no say other than just leaving our journals.

That's the scary part. Even LJ wouldn't have a say so. It would be world governmental agreement just giving them the right.

[so-sharlemaine.livejournal.com]

Although according to some people in the thread who have read it more closely, it seems that it only applies to sound and audio transmission, not fiction or written word. SO that might be the saving point.

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

Yes, but vidders would be effected then! Some great creative work would not be seen, and Utube etc would surely suffer?

[so-sharlemaine.livejournal.com]

it would definitely be threatening and invasive.