Not only is the copy-protection battle affecting Big Entertainment, the courts, and the entertainment customer masses (i.e., downloaders like you and me), but the debate is starting some fires in the political arena. Not just between parties, but sparks are starting to fly between same party members as party stance, constituent outcry (that’s you and me again), and Big Entertainment’s campaign/party financing all play a role in the future of copy-protection and music/video downloads…
“Republicans Should Back Recording Artists, Consumers” Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., is at it again. Although he represents South Carolina, Hollings is sometimes known as the “Senator from Disney” because of his eagerness to support the interests of the motion picture and record industries and their lobbying arms, the Motion Picture Association of America and the Record Industry Association of America…” [Click here to read the whole article by Glenn Harlan Reynolds at FOXNews.com...]
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