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Leahy, Napster, and the Copyright Divide

Posted by michael on from the groks-it dept.

kootch writes "After the hearing last week concerning digital music, I think these two links from the NYTimes should be interesting. One is on Sen Leahy showing he's much saavier than most think, and the second is on how one of the founders of Napster isn't always against copyrights... and is starting a company to distribute movies with Hollywood." Leahy has been on the "right side" of most internet-related issues in Congress for many years now. A few more like him, and a lot of the need for a YRO section would disappear.

2 comments

  1. www10 and more by MostlyHarmless · · Score: 2

    If you're tired of using www10, go one step further by messing with their marketing statistics!

    Username: marketingdies
    Password: cypherpunk

    It seems that someone already had the cypherpunk account, but the normal password "cypherpunk" didn't seem to work. So I did this for your viewing pleasure and their marketing hell.

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  2. Quote from the Article by The-Bus · · Score: 1
    "Obviously artists deserve to be paid," [Senator Leahy] said. "But our responsibility in the Congress is not to stifle innovation."

    Damn. He sides with Microsoft.

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