Register of copyrights: a national embarrassment

Ernest sez, "The Register of Copyrights, Marybeth Peters, who previously has testified before Congress that the Betamax decision should be overturned testified today before the Senate IP subcommitee that: 1) Int'l copyright infringement was funding terrorism, although she had only rumors and sketchy evidence; 2) Some 'like-minded' countries seek to undermine existing int'l copyright and couch their arguments in terms of 'cultural diversity' and 'encouraging development'; 3) claming that unnamed American commentators on copyright law provide rationalizations for commercial copyright infringement by criminal organizations; and, 4) that we need the INDUCE Act domestically otherwise other nations won't take our arguments about copyright enforcement seriously."

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(Thanks Ernest!)