Yes, I don't expect any change to happen there now or in the near future. But, the fact that someone other than people like us has thought this way seems to indicate something and it seemed fascinating to me too, That is the only reason I posted it here.
Regards, Sasi On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 10:47 +0530, sajan venniyoor wrote: > Thanks, Sasi. That's a fascinating story. > > > About Derek Khanna's paper 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 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 > > -- 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
