So a lot of the issues mentioned in the article seemed, to me, to relate to rights extensions for publishers. I'm a little surprised that you think that the US

So a lot of the issues mentioned in the article seemed, to me, to relate to rights extensions for publishers. I'm a little surprised that you think that the US goverment is likely to champion the cause of Internet companies against copyright holders give the fact that, AFAIK, the US has led the way in extending the rights of copyright holders. Indeed there was a story today on HN on this very topic (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13297792 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13297792) which pointed out that Canada and the EU actually have less restrictive copyright laws than the US.