Comments on: The ACTA Retreat: Their Ignorance, And Ours http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/10/21/the-acta-retreat-their-ignorance-and-ours/ Responses to Media and Culture Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 By: Bill Kirkpatrick http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/10/21/the-acta-retreat-their-ignorance-and-ours/comment-page-1/#comment-36474 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:54:33 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=6942#comment-36474 Thanks for the feedback! Tim, I would love to hear more about this–it sounds like some truly revealing reactions. I’ll contact you about it. And Cynthia, I completely understand your reaction to public sphere theory. Maybe I keep returning to it just because nothing seems to get Habermas experts riled up more than when amateurs like me start talking about it, and that’s always fun to watch.

]]> By: Cynthia Meyers http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/10/21/the-acta-retreat-their-ignorance-and-ours/comment-page-1/#comment-36455 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:49:48 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=6942#comment-36455 What a great post! I’m leaning toward the Spinning Pool Table model–doesn’t that make a great visual! Of course the pains of policy stretch is the one I’d assumed was happening, but what is going on does seem so much more… more… well, what exactly I don’t know! I’m afraid the notion of competing public spheres makes me sleepy. But that’s no reflection on its validity, of course. Thanks for thought-provoking post.

]]> By: Tim Anderson http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/10/21/the-acta-retreat-their-ignorance-and-ours/comment-page-1/#comment-36414 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:25:14 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=6942#comment-36414 I was in DC the week that some this agreement was being released and you could see fumes coming out of the heads of people with vested interests in it. I met with one person who has a position of authority at the Consumer Electronics Association and he was absolutely livid. The biggest complain was the secrecy and since it is an agreement rather than a treaty, it need not be negotiated and approved by Congress. The biggest issue as of the April 20th draft was the “secondary liability” provisions which mean that Google or an ISP can find themselves responsible for enabling piracy. It’s a mess

Bill, If you ever want to talk about the notes I took on this please let me know.

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