[FC-discuss] Oppose New Outrageous Copyright Legislation

[Mike Linksvayer]

On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 20:53 -0400, Gavin Baker wrote:
> Rep. David Dreier (R-CA), urging passage of the Digital Millennium
> Copyright Act: "Clearly, as we look at the problems that we face as a
> Nation, and as we move rapidly towards this global economy, it is
> difficult to imagine an issue that is much more important than theft of
> intellectual property."
> 
> Can you imagine any more important issues?

Sure, emotional property theft.  But this is not fair to Dreier, as the
concept of EQ had only been popularized a few years before the DMCA and
"A Whole New Mind" only published in 2005.  The wheels of Congress turn
slowly.

:)

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