This is a reflection of the growing influence of younger generations within the GOP and their attempts to rectify much of the old-fashioned GOP hypocrisy regard

This is a reflection of the growing influence of younger generations within the GOP and their attempts to rectify much of the old-fashioned GOP hypocrisy regarding "small government" and copyright reform, military spending, surveillance, the war on drugs, etc. Ars Technica had a bit of a profile on the "tech-savvy" Derek Khanna who authored the memo: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/influential-gop-group-releases-shockingly-sensible-copyright-memo/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/influential-gop-g...