Says it all, really.
” angry objections from Rep. Marsha Blackburn, whose district abuts Nashville, Tenn. In winning a fifth term earlier in the month, Blackburn received more money from the music industry than any other Republican congressional candidate”, it figures just another WHORE for money.
I’m really kind of amazed that any informed conservative still respects the Republican party. I think of them as the Dagney Taggarts of the world. They mean well but are the last to see the world for what it is.
And then John Galt knocks her up...
Conservatives need to take a good hard look and decide if the GOP is really pro freedom.
All politicians are corrupt. While there may be some rare exceptions to that rule, they are becoming harder and harder to find.
I think this memo is a bad idea. While it may be true that 95 years (or 70 years plus the life of the author) is too long, his system of only 12 years for free, plus then a tax on any time after that is unworkable. The tax goes up to 10% of all REVENUE, not profits - and given studios often have less than a 10% overall profit margin, is becomes simply crazy.
And furthermore, why should conservatives increase taxes by more? Aren’t they high enough already?
Furthermore, studios are having rampant piracy problems today. While many people would surely cheer this, I do not. Cheating is cheating.
Some history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law
The origin of copyright law in most European countries lies in efforts by the church and governments to regulate and control the output of printers.[6] Before the invention of the printing press, a writing, once created, could only be physically multiplied by the highly laborious and error-prone process of manual copying by scribes. An elaborate system of censorship and control over scribes existed.[7] Printing allowed for multiple exact copies of a work, leading to a more rapid and widespread circulation of ideas and information (see print culture).[6] Pope Alexander VI issued a bull in 1501 against the unlicensed printing of books and in 1559 the Index Expurgatorius, or List of Prohibited Books, was issued for the first time.[7]
If we don’t get rid of the RINO Establishment and get people like Khanna in charge, the Republicans are going to go the way of the Whigs within twenty years (if it takes even that long).