Buying Government

I guess the Republican party released a document that was widely praised by the more progressive side of the copyright debate, only to withdraw it for some reason,.... cough cough,.. after an uprising from the Hollywood-big-money types.

Links here House Republicans release watershed copyright reform paper - Boing Boing:

and here Hollywood Lobbyists Busy

From the Boing-Boing link above the document included

a raft of eminently sensible reforms to copyright law, including expanding and clarifying fair use; reaffirming that copyright's purpose is to serve the public interest (not to enrich investors); to limit statutory damages for copyright infringement; to punish false copyright claims; and to limit copyright terms.

From the second link, the Republican retraction included...

Copyright reform would have far-reaching impacts, so it is incredibly important that it be approached with all facts and viewpoints in hand.

I think that Republican statement means "our previous document failed to include the feelings of the people who are currently making obscene profits under our current law".

I thought the Democrats were the party of Hollywood?




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