Posted on 10/13/2015 4:26:36 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009
http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/13/congressional-review-of-copyright-law-may-threaten-drudge-report/
Congressional Review Of Copyright Law May Threaten Drudge Report Photo of Kerry Picket Kerry Picket Reporter 5:20 PM 10/13/2015
WASHINGTON — Congress may update digital copyright law affecting aggregator sites, like the Drudge Report and Real Clear Politics, along with news sites in the near future.
“Two years ago, the House Judiciary Committee launched a comprehensive review of our nation’s copyright laws, which have not been updated since 1976. As technology continues to rapidly advance, we have a responsibility to ensure that our laws are keeping pace with these developments,” Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte said in a statement.
Since March of 2013, the House Judiciary Committee has conducted 20 hearings, which included testimony from 100 witnesses on the subject of copyright law in the digital age. The topics range from fair use to scope of copyright protection to music licensing.
“The committee has been conducting a comprehensive review of U.S. copyright law to ensure that the law keeps pace with the digital age in which we live. The goal of the listening tour is to step out of Washington, D.C. to hear from creators and innovators in terms of what is and is not working for them in their various fields,” a committee staffer told The Daily Caller.
The committee staffer would not say how the laws would affect aggregators and news sites and said that only “all stakeholders are invited to come in and meet with staff in order to give their thoughts or express concerns. Those meetings are ongoing.”
Drudge Report site owner Matt Drudge told Alex Jones of InfoWars last week that copyright laws could very well end his popular site.
“I had a Supreme Court Justice tell me it’s over for me,” said Drudge. “They’ve got the votes now to enforce copyright law, you’re out of there. They’re going to make it so you can’t even use headlines.”
He explained, “To have a Supreme Court Justice say to me it’s over, they’ve got the votes, which means time is limited,” he added, noting that a day was coming when simply operating an independent website could be outlawed. That will end [it] for me – fine – I’ve had a hell of a run,” said Drudge, adding that web users were being pushed into the cyber ‘ghettos’ of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.”
Drudge added, “This is ghetto, this is corporate, they’re taking your energy and you’re getting nothing in return – nothing!”
In July, Chairman Goodlatte and Democrat Ranking Member John Conyers invited witnesses from the Committee’s previous copyright review hearings as well as other interested stakeholders to meet with committee staff to provide additional input on copyright policy issues.
According to the committee, almost 50 meetings were scheduled and those will take several more weeks. Additionally, Goodlatte and Conyers announced that the House Judiciary Committee would conduct a listening tour as part of the copyright review.
How on earth can anyone copyright phrases used in everyday titles? Government moves slower than a snails pace and somehow congress thinks they can issue individual copyrights to every individual title published as msm news headlines - Fair use laws complicate this issue even further. sorry, I don’t see it - but am not surprised to see Congress wasting time on this.
FYI, I am an intellectual property attorney. Drudge to my knowledge violates no copyright law or, in my humble opinion, any fair trade or trademark law. Methinks this is nonsense.
Nameing names would help. Most publications claiming copyright protection have a release permission sentence contained in the masthead or index that does allow article reproduction provided attribution and a link is offered as the source.
Sic semper tyrannis...
I appreciate your personal and professional opinion on this issue.
However, legality and constitutionality doesn’t seem to have quite the sway these days.
The White House is orchestrating this copyright review in hopes of stealth resurrection of the FAIR act / SOPA, in my humble opinion.
Also note related concurrent global efforts such as TPP (Asia) and counterpart EU copyright law review of online Internet IP that would adversely impact news article content sharing.
Governments would relish controlling dissemination of comprehensive news and inconvenient content under the guise of protecting IP, even if it has a sude effect of killing off news content creators. News outlets will gladly be leaned on by gov’t to support the certainty of a copyright scheme securing their IP content.
Look at how many Healthcare providers supported Obama care which subsequently drove hospitals and doctor’s practices out of business, and has led to huge consolidation.
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Enjoy, I only keep and follow reputable information sources...
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Why? We were told they were better than Democrats. Why on earth would we want to do that?
Unless the human garbage that browbeat conservatives here and elsewhere to get these people elected were wrong to begin with. And if thats the case, why are we not also holding THEM to account for lying about why they did it?
I agree with you. But, then again, courts have making such decisions.
Jim and all who care about FR and getting access to real news: we need to attend these two Copyright Review “Listening tour” events in CA on 11/09-10 and be heard.
Details below:
Goodlatte & Conyers Announce Next Locations on Copyright Review Listening Tour
House Judiciary Committee to Make Two Stops in California
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 13, 2015 CONTACT: Kathryn Rexrode or Jessica Collins, (202) 225-3951 or Stephanie Baez (Conyers), (202) 225-6906
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today announced that the House Judiciary Committee will continue the Committee’s listening tour as part of the comprehensive copyright review. The House Judiciary Committee will travel to Silicon Valley on November 9th and Los Angeles on November 10th. These discussions are expected to include a wide range of creators, innovators, technology professionals, and users of copyrighted works. The Committee held a roundtable discussion...
Obama said he'd fundamentally transform this country.
It’s been fun talking with you guys.
But the Ruling Class doesn’t like what we’re saying, so....*shrug*
Agree. We have gone way beyond our founders dumping tea. I loath this government and will do everything to preserve our republic. Unfortunately a good percentage of retard voters will vote this country into the cesspool if we do not unite and get serious.
Copyright law seems fairly stable, ironically partially thanks to FR's test case from years ago.
If the law changes drastically from Congress, there could be issues, but usually the target is entertainment more than the news.
Yeah, it would put Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter out of business as well. I wouldn’t worry too much.
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