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New IP Treaty Looming?
An anonymous reader writes "According to an article by James Boyle in the Financial Times, the United States is helping push a Treaty that would create an entirely new type of intellectual property right in the US, in addition to copyright, covering anything that is broadcast or webcast. (Regardless of whether the work was in the public domain, Creative Commons Licensed etc, the broadcaster would control any copies made from the broadcast for 50 years.) Boyle argues that this is dumb, unconstitutional, and anyway should be debated domestically first."
Our country is run by lawyers. No where is this more obvious than when seeing the lawmaking process. Greased palms, closed door deals.
I have a solution, however. The problem is there are too many lawyers. They have no natural predator, as it were. I propose,then, a lawyer hunting season. Say, from Sept to March. Trophies are based on bank account size.
Of course, mounting your kill is perfectly acceptable.
Mod me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
> Since the Constitution is the law of the land...
You misspelled "greed".
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill