USMCA Takes ‘Un-Modern’ Tack on Online Infringement, Says FSF Blogger
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on free trade “would modernize and strengthen protections for Americans' copyrighted works,” but “takes a decidedly un-modern approach to online copyright infringement that takes place on user-upload websites” like YouTube, blogged Free State Foundation Senior Fellow Seth…
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Cooper Thursday. USMCA “could perpetuate the significantly under-protective notice and takedown system that prevails in U.S. copyright law,” he said. The Trump administration and Congress “should make clear that the USMCA's online infringement provisions are not precedent for future trade agreements,” he said.