[IP] : the truth behind the joke

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Art Brodsky [abrodsky@publicknowledge.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:39 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: the truth behind the joke

Dave,

I hope some of the IPers read the bill we sent around earlier, S. 4108, the new IP bill.  Some realized it was an April Fool's exercise.

What was very serious, however, is that in the midst of the absurdity, there was real language proposed by the content industry.  The fact that people couldn't tell the difference is very telling.

Sherwin Siy, who wrote the bill, has a blog post with the background:  http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1495

Art


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