Orrin Hatch Warning
12/28 - Check out the above link to see what motivates the hatchless wonder
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Orrin, Chiarman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and pawn of show BUSINESS, after failing to shove the Induce Act through this lame duck Congress before he loses his chair, is now focused on the Intellectual Property Protection Act HR2391. At some point I really do need to post something more focused on how they keep changing the law to restrict rights to material we previously held, but, for now, let me say, they are retracting the very limited rights the public has to content, rights that have existed for a long time. This is an umbrella bill that seeks to squeak through very onerous restrictions on our right to utilize and share content and to have control over our lives and what we view. It would be illegal, for example, to block commercials. This is going to have a big impact on the tech sector. The wording is vague, includes lots of jail time for offenders, all sorts of crap the growing entertainment lobby loves... they want to own it all, control what we view and hear, where, how & when. They have fought tooth and nail every technological advance that has given us freedom to control our entertainment, or enjoy it, or share it; from cassettes to video. Can you imagine any other industry showing such blatant disregard, if not outright hatred, of their own market?! The airlines came close, till 9/11. There is no quick solution here, the sides are very far apart, this is a very complex situation, with a landscape that keeps changing. I sure never thought I'd side with ACU (not ACLU, ACU - American Conservative Union - who object to the Justice Dept. being used as a free entertainment industry lawyer.)
So, write your Congressperson expressing your opinion about the Intellectual Property Protection Act HR2391. I guess what bothers me most about this whole issue is watching paid political wonks like Hillary Rosen, Cary Sherman and Mike Green portray themselves as representing and defending the creative community, when they are doing the opposite. They represent those who seek to exploit them. Don't be fooled when you see artists side with them. Those that do, like Eminem, change. After 8 Mile success, M went from worker status to owner... it all gets back to Marx in the end. They do not represent the consumer, they do not really represent the artist, so, who the fuck do they represent? They represent the interests of Capitalism seeking to profit off the ability to own content. It's about ownership, not art. The copyright laws were written to do exactly what has been so successfully done, encourage business people to distribute art. The internet has meddled with forces of nature, as Howard Beal (Network) would tell you. Those who have built up power do not easily let it go.
The scariest part is that this is basically being done under the cover of night here. It's a non-issue for most people, as the media has not done it's job informing the public how its rights are being affected. Fortunately, word is slowly disseminating through the campuses, thanks to folks like Lawrence Lessig and Nelson Pavlosky, who started Free Culture groups at numerous campuses. I promise I will get to these movements.
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Orrin, Chiarman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and pawn of show BUSINESS, after failing to shove the Induce Act through this lame duck Congress before he loses his chair, is now focused on the Intellectual Property Protection Act HR2391. At some point I really do need to post something more focused on how they keep changing the law to restrict rights to material we previously held, but, for now, let me say, they are retracting the very limited rights the public has to content, rights that have existed for a long time. This is an umbrella bill that seeks to squeak through very onerous restrictions on our right to utilize and share content and to have control over our lives and what we view. It would be illegal, for example, to block commercials. This is going to have a big impact on the tech sector. The wording is vague, includes lots of jail time for offenders, all sorts of crap the growing entertainment lobby loves... they want to own it all, control what we view and hear, where, how & when. They have fought tooth and nail every technological advance that has given us freedom to control our entertainment, or enjoy it, or share it; from cassettes to video. Can you imagine any other industry showing such blatant disregard, if not outright hatred, of their own market?! The airlines came close, till 9/11. There is no quick solution here, the sides are very far apart, this is a very complex situation, with a landscape that keeps changing. I sure never thought I'd side with ACU (not ACLU, ACU - American Conservative Union - who object to the Justice Dept. being used as a free entertainment industry lawyer.)
So, write your Congressperson expressing your opinion about the Intellectual Property Protection Act HR2391. I guess what bothers me most about this whole issue is watching paid political wonks like Hillary Rosen, Cary Sherman and Mike Green portray themselves as representing and defending the creative community, when they are doing the opposite. They represent those who seek to exploit them. Don't be fooled when you see artists side with them. Those that do, like Eminem, change. After 8 Mile success, M went from worker status to owner... it all gets back to Marx in the end. They do not represent the consumer, they do not really represent the artist, so, who the fuck do they represent? They represent the interests of Capitalism seeking to profit off the ability to own content. It's about ownership, not art. The copyright laws were written to do exactly what has been so successfully done, encourage business people to distribute art. The internet has meddled with forces of nature, as Howard Beal (Network) would tell you. Those who have built up power do not easily let it go.
The scariest part is that this is basically being done under the cover of night here. It's a non-issue for most people, as the media has not done it's job informing the public how its rights are being affected. Fortunately, word is slowly disseminating through the campuses, thanks to folks like Lawrence Lessig and Nelson Pavlosky, who started Free Culture groups at numerous campuses. I promise I will get to these movements.
posted by Intervision at 5:40 AM
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