Who Will Obama Choose As Copyright Czar?

seanpark writes "Who will President Elect Obama select for the recently established post of Copyright Czar? Biden has a longstanding relationship with Big Content, and he was partly responsible for the PRO-IP Act that created the position. The short list according to the article includes a few lobbyists (who would likely be disqualified by stringent ethical guidelines) and Lawrence Lessig, who was a technology adviser to the Obama Campaign."

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Our new Copyright Czar

[Archiviste]

... I heard that Darl McBride is looking for a new job...

I think it's between these 3 guys

[syousef]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great

http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b2ivanIV.htm

I vote for Peter the Great. His painting looks friendly and we all know how important image is in a copyright Czar.

Chewing a Lemon

[monkeythug]

I would absolute *love* it if Lessig gets the post.

I can see the faces on the RIAA/MPAA moguls now after they went to all that effort to convince congress to create that post, only to have it backfire on them so badly :-)

Oh, I would laugh so hard ...

RMS

[perlhacker14]

Wouldn't it be apallingly hilarious if RMS was consulted or even appointed? Come on, RMS for Copyright Czar- defender of our freedoms. Seriously though, he does have some good ideas on reform, as seen at (stallman.org).

Re:Not the good professor

[master5o1]

Come on, be reasonable: Budget of $30, curfew of 10pm.

Re:Not the good professor

[spazdor]

"Mr. Valenti, what would you say is the most valuable class of intellectual property under your purview?"
"BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINS"

Re:Not the good professor

[adavies42]

[Y]ou can't meet the extremism of Big Media with moderates willing to compromise. [...] We don't need a moderate - we need somebody who will make dramatic changes [...] .

Sounds like another vote for RMS to me.