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"Hollywood" Howard Berman To Leave Internet Subcommittee

Posted by kdawson on from the so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-laws dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "'Hollywood' Howard Berman (D-CA), who chairs the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property appears to be on the way out. He is slated to move over to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, leaving his chair on the Internet subcommittee vacant. Long known for wanting to strengthen the DMCA and backing copyright grabs like the PRO-IP Act, Berman will be missed by big media. The good news is that Rick Boucher (D-VA) may be the one to replace him. Rep. Boucher has been interviewed on Slashdot and is in favor of copyright reform. They still need to win their upcoming elections and the full Commerce Committee will still be chaired by John Conyers (D-MI), though."

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  1. Cue Bob Marley by AndGodSed · · Score: 4, Funny

    No DMCA no crime...

    (sigh... go ahead... smite me...)

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  2. There they go again by nebaz · · Score: 3, Funny

    I swear, if I hear anything more about Berman and Braga screwing things up I'll ... (hold on a sec, getting some info here). (Sheepish). Sorry, wrong story.

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  3. Re:Boucher by Nullav · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or perhaps posting speed is inversely proportional to the length of one's UID.

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