Sunday, February 15, 2015

Go to prison for Cosplay and Fan works? Akamatsu speaks out about TPP's copyright issues

It's isn't the file sharing that can put you in prison. It's also parodying, Youtube Poops, AMVs, cosplay, and fanworks that can put you into prison under the TPP.

An 18 year-old dresses up as Sailor Moon goes to Comic Con, Momocon, Big Apple Con, Sakuracon, or Comiket, and police officers approaches her and taking her away in cuffs because cosplay is punishable by a harsh amount of fines and even imprisonment under the TPP's IP chapter.

An 8-year old doodling SpongeBob SquarePants, and the FBI busts down the door and takes a poor child to prison to be raped by sex offenders because he is infringing Viacom's property even if it not done on the internet.All it takes is one fan drawing and under the TPP IP chapter you go to prison for life and your property will be confiscated even if such acts are not done on yours or your parents computer.

Ken Akamatsu creator of Love Hina says that Comiket won't be in danger right away. He implies it would take a year to change Japan's copyright law. But I don't think that's the case because the LDP/NK coalition has 2/3 of the upper house to override the lower house even if the DPJ controls the lower house.

The US is forcing Japan and Canada to cave in to expand the Mickey Mouse Act, which is life of the author plus 70 years, across the Pacific.

There is no word whether Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch and Ranking Chair Ron Wyden have agreed on Introducing a fast track trade authority. However the only thing the President will threaten to veto if it contain a currency provision to stop cheaters from manipulating currency.

In the House, Democrats are going to vote against Fast track and some Republicans are joining in as well because the President has overused his Executive power on Immigration. But we don't know if it's going to be enough to stop Fast track from passing the House. And it will take 41 Democrats to block their version from passing. Fast Track requires 60 votes to pass.

While in 1998, Fast track failed in the House 243-180. 2/3 of the House is required to suspend the rules before a final vote which requires a simple majority to pass.

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