The only time we will know exactly what is in the TTPA is when i it is printed on govt document and made public,we are all guessing at this stage. there has been a few reports out but no acurate confirmation. 

pjc wrote: The only time we will know exactly what is in the TTPA is when i it is printed on govt document and made public,we are all guessing at this stage. there has been a few reports out but no acurate confirmation.

Copyright protection is being bumped from 50years to 70years.
Big deal.
Copyright holders get an extra 20yrs on their ideas/music etc. it is not increasing costs on anything, but is extending any potential costs on copyrighted material usage by another 20years.
So what.
And it is not evil overseas corporate bully boys and warlords getting to screw poor nzers, it also goes for kiwi copyright holders as well.
Inventors get to have their work protected a bit longer, although I suspect anything over 50yrs old is gunna be so outdated it will be limited in value anyhow.
I guess if you wanted to use Glen Miller tunes as backing for your vids, you may have to wait another decade or so.
I think in all it is not a bad thing at all, if anything, a good thing, to increase copyright protections. I am surprised actually anyone would want to spin this as a bad thing really.

The alternative then being......?
Planned economies do not work.
Free trade does, and the freer it can be made, the better. I guess it depends on your view of the world,whether you think your government wants to increase the nations prosperity, or to suppress the population to increase their own personal power and or wealth.
I tend to think the former of our government and most Westminster style democracies.

catch1t wrote: The problem with that is you will not get the honest truth. The good will be spun so fast you will get giddy reading it. The bad will be understated and hidden amongst complicated indecipherable legal jargon. Count on it. Man, I'd hate to live in such a paranoid space..

I think it would be remiss of the police NOT to approach known activists, just to ask what plans there were for protests.
"Marching down queen street!" "Oh, how many people?" "Ten thousand!" "Shoot the ducks! Better close of the traffic at the end of the road then!"Sort of stuff.
Or...even more deviously and evilly...."have you heard if anyone is planning violence?" "Well, yeah, there is a bunch of anarchists we are a bit worried about making all sorts of threats, you better watch them, we want a peaceful protest!"

Yes, I can see the jackboots are marching!
Or, they may just be quietly ASKING if there is any need for them to be worried.

Now, if cops were raiding these houses at 2a.m., dragging people away to lock them up without charge, then yes, then that would be bad. But police asking politely of protest organisers just what they are hoping will happen? That is not Nazi police stare, that is just being sensible. It is no secret that the anti trade groups will be protesting, is it now?

Saw someone was complaining at the PM having armed body guards at a public meeting, how evil it was that key should oppress protesters by having thugs on hand. How Lala-land is that.

I guess it comes down to each persons point of view reall, or world view perhaps..
All I can say is...., careful, the gcsb may be watching! Sssshhhhhhhhh!