tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post1244081826981705025..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: The TakedownUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-19561679699653486972012-11-20T23:26:45.494-05:002012-11-20T23:26:45.494-05:00It's true that the Sonny Bono Copyright Extens...It's true that the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act was large and bipartisan (and, on the final vote, uncounted). The law's main sponsors were, however, all Republican: Bono, Sensenbrenner, Coble, and Hatch. Not surprising given how that law benefited large corporations and established copyright holders at the expense of consumers and new creators.<br /><br />This report, however, goes the other direction. While borrowing the cape of "tort reform," it would limit suits by copyright holders in three different ways. And it would drastically lower copyright terms for the future (a proposal that seems dead before arrival).<br /><br />All in all, as I wrote, this program strikes me as more libertarian than anything else. There are libertarian strains in both American liberalism and conservatism, both Republican and Democratic Parties. It all depends on whose liberties a measure is broadening. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-20820384659614945112012-11-20T11:14:05.245-05:002012-11-20T11:14:05.245-05:00I wouldn't call this a liberal vs. conservativ...I wouldn't call this a liberal vs. conservative or Democratic vs. Republican issue. Look at the 1998 vote on the Sonnuy Bono law -- alomost overwhelming bipartisan support. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com