I really hope Canada and Mexico do Free Trade Judo, rather than just counter-tariffs.
If Canada imposes a counter-tariff on American goods, it just makes things more expensive for Canadians. But, USMCA required that Canada and Mexico agree that the big tech companies can’t be sued in Canada or Mexico for content appearing on their platforms. Fuck that rule, let the lawsuits fly.
The update to NAFTA also required that Canada and Mexico adopt the ridiculously long US copyright term limits, making it life+70 years instead of life+50. So… go back to the original rules and bring a bunch of copyrighted American content into the public domain.
Mexico was required to adopt the “notice and takedown” bullshit from the DMCA. Fuck that. Mexico can go back to their old system. I don’t know what they used, but I’m sure it was better for the end-user than DMCA bullshit, and changing it back would only hurt Hollywood.
Instead of just counter-tariffs, make things cheaper and better for Canadian and Mexican citizens. In particular, fuck American copyrights. It’s ridiculous that Canada and Mexico were forced to bend over backwards for the benefit of Disney and friends. If the US wants its neighbors to respect its IP, then it needs to respect the free trade agreement that Trump fought for and signed.
I really hope Canada and Mexico do Free Trade Judo, rather than just counter-tariffs.
If Canada imposes a counter-tariff on American goods, it just makes things more expensive for Canadians. But, USMCA required that Canada and Mexico agree that the big tech companies can’t be sued in Canada or Mexico for content appearing on their platforms. Fuck that rule, let the lawsuits fly.
The update to NAFTA also required that Canada and Mexico adopt the ridiculously long US copyright term limits, making it life+70 years instead of life+50. So… go back to the original rules and bring a bunch of copyrighted American content into the public domain.
Mexico was required to adopt the “notice and takedown” bullshit from the DMCA. Fuck that. Mexico can go back to their old system. I don’t know what they used, but I’m sure it was better for the end-user than DMCA bullshit, and changing it back would only hurt Hollywood.
Instead of just counter-tariffs, make things cheaper and better for Canadian and Mexican citizens. In particular, fuck American copyrights. It’s ridiculous that Canada and Mexico were forced to bend over backwards for the benefit of Disney and friends. If the US wants its neighbors to respect its IP, then it needs to respect the free trade agreement that Trump fought for and signed.
This is exactly what we need to be looking at, that and patents, DMCA.
I also hope we latch on to EU directives and force companies to have proper GDPR like requests