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Republican Staffer Khanna Axed Over Copyright Memo

Posted by timothy on from the don't-mistake-the-gop-for-free-marketeers dept.

Bob9113 writes "Ars Technica reports that Derek Khanna is getting axed over his memo detailing the conflict between laissez-faire-oriented free market ideals and the regulatory monopoly that is copyright. 'The Republican Study Committee, a caucus of Republicans in the House of Representatives, has told staffer Derek Khanna that he will be out of a job when Congress re-convenes in January. The incoming chairman of the RSC, Steve Scalise (R-LA) was approached by several Republican members of Congress who were upset about a memo Khanna wrote advocating reform of copyright law. They asked that Khanna not be retained, and Scalise agreed to their request.'"

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  1. He Should Be by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who in the adult world is surprised when a low level employee is canned for upstagin and blindsiding the higher up leadership??

    This is not the least bit surprising and shocking. Anybody who does this in an other venue would have gotten the boot, and rightfully so.

    1. Re:He Should Be by andy1307 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I don't think this is just a R problem

      It's not...Chris Dodd is a D(ouchebag)

  2. In today's episode by medcalf · · Score: 3, Funny

    of why I'm not a Republican....

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    -- Two men say they're Jesus. One of them must be wrong. - Dire Straits
  3. Re:Principled conservatism by TBedsaul · · Score: 4, Funny

    at one time we had conservatives (and Republicans) with principles.

    Then John Wilkes Booth killed him and it's been downhill ever since.