Congressional Budget Office Studies Copyrights

gorbachev writes "C|Net is reporting that The Congressional Budget Office has published a study on digital copyright issues. The study basically recommends not changing the copyright legislation in favor of any particular stakeholder, including consumers or lobbyists. It's refreshing to see a governmental agency coming out with a study on copyright issues that appears to take consumers' concerns into consideration." Granted, this is merely the CBO, not Congress itself, but it is one of Congress' first places to turn to for information.

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Nothing Wrong Here

[ackthpt]

CBO examines digital copyright issues:

Moe: "See anything, boys?"
Curly: "I don't see nuttin'"
Larry: "You're supposed to open your eyes."
Curly: "But if I do, I might see something that upsets me!"
Larry: "What could upset you?"
Curly: "Computer mice! Nyuk nyuk nyuk!"
Moe: "You knucklehead *smek* we're supposed to be finding anything wrong!"
Larry: "There's nothing wrong with this (holds up fold-out pin-up girl, Miss CBO 2003)"
All: *wolfwhistle* "There's nothing at all wrong with that!"
Moe: "Then it's agreed, we find nothing wrong at all wrong with anything, let's leave our findings and get back to painting this room."
Larry: "Yeah, that committee that left us in charge should be back from their lunch with all those 'good friends' any time now."

Re:duh?

[snarkh]

uh, duh? Our government is pretty pathetic if it needs a study to tell it to be fair and balanced.

I thought fair and balanced was the prerogative of the Fox News channel.

A horse. A barn. A door.

[John Jorsett]

You mean after extending copyright to 70 years past the creator's death, NOW we shouldn't tilt it any more toward particular stakeholders? Gee thanks.

Re:Consumers?

[Guppy06]

"not an entity that merely spends money."

Of course you're not! You're also an entity that earns money, which is where the friendly folks at the IRS come in!