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I'd be happy to see the parties compete on this issue of how to make Hollywood and friends no longer a threat to free speech and the net. Democrats could push
by mlinksva 15y ago
I'd be happy to see the parties compete on this issue of how to make Hollywood and friends no longer a threat to free speech and the net.
Democrats could push for European-style subsidy of production. Republicans could push for letting the market work - advertising, product placement, etc are all that's needed. Both programs can agree on eliminating copyright for entertainment works.
- _delirium 15y agoWhile that'd be a nice way for competition to play out, I doubt that's what we're actually going to see. What both programs really agree on is precisely "copyright for entertainment works". The Democrats are pushing SOPA; the Republicans pushed the DMCA and copyright extension. They disagree mainly over tactics/timing/details. I can see the Republicans trying to strongly dissociate themselves from SOPA, but I give it approximately 0% chance that they're going to recant the DMCA or Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act, or even loosen their position on the DMCA moderately to the extent of supporting more exemptions to the anti-circumvention clause.