On 11/16, the Republican Study Committee
released a policy brief titled "
Three Myths about Copyright Law and Where to Start to Fix it." Within 24 hours it was
taken down, presumably after three visits from Jack Valenti's ghost.
While it's nice to see one of the parties tackling copyright from an ideological perspective, the ability of the entertainment industries to strongarm them into line within hours speaks to how little hope there is for a legislative end to indefinite copyright. And with Justice Breyer past 70 come 2019, there's potential the next CTEA (perhaps named after
Lars Ulrich?) earns unanimous approval in the Court, if it even gets cert. What can we do to help things change direction for the better?
EDIT: My upload doesn't seem to have worked. Try this Scribd
link instead.
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MatthewCollins - 18 Nov 2012
And on the Privacy front, now
this.
EDIT: Looks like CNET
jumped a little early.
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MatthewCollins - 20 Nov 2012
Well, at least we have
this on the privacy front.
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MatthewCollins - 05 Dec 2012