Beijing Treaty on audiovisual performance rights

Well, Al Yankovic who parodied "Gangsta's Paradise" will be going to prison as this agreement called the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performance Rights has been signed. But it will not go into force until it's ratified by 30 member states, including the US and the EU which will take at least a year or more. The US Senate has yet to schedule a hearing on the treaty. An unanimous approval is likely before it reaches the full Senate floor for ratification. Like all other treaties, The Beijing Treaty requires 2/3 of the majority (67 aye votes)

This treaty is exactly similar to ACTA and TPPA which criminalizes:

- Parodies (Youtube Poops, Rick Rolls, etc.) Al Yankovic (whom I mentioned above) and Cletus T. Judd will be going to prison since they're parodying other song artist's work

- Modifications and remixes of audio, including the using of audio modification software including Audacity, even if it's for private use.

- Personal and private use audiovisual work which means the Actors will be watching you through wireless surveillance cameras. This may lead to mandatory DRM human brain implants. No more singing in the shower or participating in Karaokes, or singing happy birthday, or school plays, or in public, etc. Same as the previous draft of ACTA. You will even have to pay to listen to the audio over again. No more showing movies to family and friends. Justin Bieber is going to prison for singing a copyrighted song.

- Modifying, Cropping, and distributing images using Photoshop and Wikipedia. (If you crop the head of Lindsey Lohan, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, one of the members of Big Time Rush and portray them in a pornographic image, you will not only be sued but be put in prison as well. And Wikipedia will have to abide by the Treaty's rules or they'll be shut down.

- Reselling copyrighted audiovisual work is illegal under this treaty. So if you plan on a garage or yard sale, forget it or you will go to prison. In fact, under TPPA, as I mentioned in my last article, you may want to forget selling your clothes, TV, bed, dressers, appliances, etc. Because it's illegal to resell as this treaty and TPPA kills the "First Sale" clause. Ebay will be forced to shut down.

This treaty does not apply to digital artwork only audio and video.

Everyone of you in the EU, US, Canada, New Zealand, Austrailia, and other countries can fight back and tell your Senator or Parliament member to vote NO on Ratification.  US Senators requires 34 No votes to block it.

If it Senate fails to ratify, the president can declare accession to the treaty by executive order, officially joining the treaty. Accession means that a country can join to adopt the treaty without ratification. Accession counts the same toward ratification. 30 Accessions without ratification can still enforce the treaty.