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AR15.COM
11/18/2012 3:53:01 PM EDT
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/influential-gop-group-releases-shockingly-sensible-copyright-memo/

http://www.scribd.com/doc/113633834/Republican-Study-Committee-Intellectual-Property-Brief

Copyright should be reformed, it would help advance our society, and hurt the liberals in hollywood.
11/18/2012 3:57:18 PM EDT
[#1]
If it allows people to make a backup of the media they purchased and allows them to convert content into a format that allows them to play it on their digital devices without having to buy 87 copies of the same shitty movie, great.
11/18/2012 4:02:21 PM EDT
[#2]
I'm all for it.
Why should I pay the government to protect the rights to someone's work for long after they are dead?
And it would win over younger voters...
11/18/2012 4:03:53 PM EDT
[#3]
looks like Big Media complained and they yanked the report
11/18/2012 4:07:45 PM EDT
[#4]



Quoted:


I'm all for it.

Why should I pay the government to protect the rights to someone's work for long after they are dead?

And it would win over younger voters...
To keep Steamboat Willy from becoming public domain.  Disney is too big to fail.



 
11/18/2012 4:11:13 PM EDT
[#5]
If it makes Hollywood unhappy, I'm all for it.
 
11/18/2012 4:12:04 PM EDT
[#6]
The downside is they'll really remake the same shit over and over and over again.