Dedicato ai cultori dell"evidence-based policy making", tra cui, sia chiaro, mi includo anche io - basta avere contezza del fatto che non basta l'"evidence", bisogna anche curare i rapporti di forza (che possono anche essere influenzati dall'evidence, certo, ma in maniera né semplice, né tanto meno automatica). jc *Negotiators Burn Their Last Opportunity to Salvage the TPP by Caving on Copyright Term Extension* New reports indicate that Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiators have agreed to language that would bind its 12 signatory nations to extend copyright terms to match the United States' already excessive length of copyright. This provision expands the reach of the controversial US Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (or the “Mickey Mouse Act” as it was called due to Disney’s heavy lobbying) to countries of the Pacific region. Nations including Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Canada would all be required to extend their terms and grant Big Content companies lengthy exclusive rights to works for no empirical reason. This means that all of the TPP's extreme enforcement provisions would apply to creative works for upwards of 100 years. […] Continua qui: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/negotiators-burn-their-last-opportunit...