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U.S. Copyright Lobby Out of Touch

Posted by Zonk on from the reach-out-and-touch dept.

Ontheright writes "The BBC is featuring a story on how the U.S. copyright lobby is increasingly out of touch with the rest of the world. The article focuses on a recent report designed to highlight the inadequacies of IP protection around the world by arguing for a global expansion of the DMCA and elimination of copyright exceptions. Michael Geist penned the article, which specifically calls out the United States for expecting the world at large to adopt its non-standard standards for copyright law."

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  1. Orchestras do not depend on copyright by gnu-user · · Score: 4, Informative

    No more orchestras, all those musicians want paying. Oh my....

    Copyright has almost NO place in classical music.

    The music itself is not copyrighted.

    Copyright produces almost NO revenue stream.

    Classical music lives on performance subscriptions and donations. It has far more in common with your garage band then commercial music.