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Re:Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright... by iyulaev on Thursday December 06, 2012 @01:11PM (#4882907)
copyright reform is a fringe issue

5 years ago, it was. Today, after the SOPA/PIPA thing, it's much more mainstream. People who 5 years ago thought I was weird for talking about Lessig, today are familiar with Sonny Bono and feel strongly against copyright extensions.

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Re:Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright... by tptacek on Thursday December 06, 2012 @01:22PM (#4882976)
I know there are smart people who believe SOPA/PIPA was a game-changer that pushed copyright reform into the mainstream, but I'm not convinced. Both things can be true: that the PR cost of pushing through something like SOPA outweighs the marginal benefits (political and economical) of the bill, and that radically disrupting the content industry is not generally a winning issue for either party.
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Re:Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright... by yuhong on Monday December 17, 2012 @04:17PM (#4934422)
Yea, it takes time for things to change!
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