Copyright Alliance Surveys Pres Candidates’ Commitment to Copyright Laws and Artists’ Rights
A promising headline, but read on.
“The Copyright Alliance is a 44-member-coalition that includes, among others, the RIAA, MPAA, Business Software Alliance, CBS, NBC, News Corp., NFL, MLB, NBA, Microsoft, Sony, Viacom, and Walt Disney, has submitted a questionnaire to all 17 of the candidates vying for the 2008 Presidential nomination of their respective parties.
It tries to impart a sense of dramatic urgency on the candidates by claiming that America’s dominance in the global economy is at stake.”
So, “artists’ rights” doesn’t mean what it sounds like. It means corporate rights.
“For its part, RIAA head Mitch Bainwol says that the future of the American economy will be driven by our minds and not our hands, thus creating the need to protect what our minds create…
I found his statements particularly humorous because the RIAA has never used its hands to create anything, instead living off the backs of artists and consumers it’s been ripping off for decades…
Hopefully all the presidential candidates will focus on national security and healthcare instead.”
Unfortunately, yes. Unless we get their attention first.
