http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/senate-passes-b.html
The article is about a senate passed bill creating a cabinet level "copyright" czar. (Does the word czar make your skin crawl too?) The RIAA and MPAA are all for it, but the more that corporations insist that any use of "their stuff" is illegal, the more I begin to wonder when the paint companies are going to start claiming that they own the paintings that artists do.
There's a reason Fair Use is basic to American law...
The article is about a senate passed bill creating a cabinet level "copyright" czar. (Does the word czar make your skin crawl too?) The RIAA and MPAA are all for it, but the more that corporations insist that any use of "their stuff" is illegal, the more I begin to wonder when the paint companies are going to start claiming that they own the paintings that artists do.
There's a reason Fair Use is basic to American law...
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Date: 2008-09-28 05:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-09-29 02:38 am (UTC)