Thanks, Sasi. That's a fascinating story. About Derek Khanna's paper<http://www.hyperorg.com/misc/rsc_policy_brief_--_three_myths_about_copyright_law_and_where_to_start_to_fix_it_--_november_16_2012.pdf>that the Republicans have apparently disavowed, there's nothing particularly new or startling about it except, as you have observed, the unusual source. I find it a bit hard to buy Slate's argument that the GOP can make inroads into Hollywood -- which is regarded as staunchly pro-copyright -- by "elevating the salience of copyright reform". They'd probably push the conservative movie moguls into the waiting arms of the Democrats.
If it's the Mickey Mouse Protection Act<http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/01/17327>in the US, it's Tagore in India. Copyright terms just keep getting longer and longer. By the way, why are critiques of copyright law invariably couched in terms of comic books and the hideous prospect that Peter Parker may never appear in an Avengers movie? If one is making a case against copyright, there could be more compelling arguments than the divine right to make hentai mashups set to thrash metal. warm regards, Sajan On 20 November 2012 09:06, V. Sasi Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > The Republican Party, by mistake, seems to have made some sensible > comments, though still not in public, about the so-called "Intellectual > Property" rights. For instance, it points out that the "three myths are, > in order, that “the purpose of copyright is to compensate the creator of > content,” that “copyright is free market capitalism at work,” and that > “the current copyright legal regime leads to the greatest innovation and > productivity.” Hope this will eventually lead to some changes there, > and, consequently, in the rest of the world. > See: > > http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/11/rsc_copyright_reform_memo_derek_khanna_tries_to_get_republican_study_committee.html > > Regards, > Sasi > -- > V. Sasi Kumar > Free Software Foundation of India > http://swatantryam.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >
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