THERE'LL BE MORE later, including the WGC's reaction to the bill, but basically, to parse the new copyright bill:
If you're a consumer: you get some concessions for fair dealing, timeshifting, format shifting, parody, satire & YouTube -- unless there's a digital lock on the content, in which case you're fucked.
If you're a content creator: you're just fucked.
If you're a huge multinational company in the bricks & mortar business: you get a "get out of freedom free" card -- no restrictions on placing digital locks on anything. So basically, you get a license to fuck.
So, same old story.
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Well spoken Denis. I also fear that the voices of reason will once again be drowned by the screams of the extremists on both sides when the debates start rolling on this bill. Any thoughts on how to proceed from here?
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