Friday, September 26, 2008
Weapons of Mass distraction used to shield PRO-IP bill passage
Am I the only one that noticed that amid all the hoo-rah and weapons of mass distraction unleashed during the financial crisis that the Senate passed the PRO-IP bill?It essentially creates a copyright czar reporting directly to the president. The RIAA loves this bill.
My guess is that the extension of copyright's lifetime to the life of the author + 70 years probably will cost the public far, far, far more than a mere 700 billion. That crime was committed years ago.
While the DOJ pushed back, the new PRO-IP bill creates a federal copyright cop which will ultimately put more teeth in the current, wildly violated set of statutes.
Public Knowledge has more. ¶ 9:40 PM
