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[ PRIVACY Forum ] GOP publishes report proposing copyright reform,
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Sat Nov 17 20:49:49 2012
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GOP publishes report proposing copyright reform, then, uh, says "never mind ..."
http://j.mp/We48rj (Techdirt)
"So, late Friday, we reported on how the Republican Study Committee
(the conservative caucus of House Republicans) had put out a
surprisingly awesome report about copyright reform. You can read
that post to see the details. The report had been fully vetted and
reviewed by the RSC before it was released. However, as soon as it
was published, the MPAA and RIAA apparently went ballistic and hit
the phones hard, demanding that the RSC take down the report. They
succeeded. Even though the report had been fully vetted and
approved by the RSC, executive director Paul S. Teller has now
retracted it ..."
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Follow the money.
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