tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post6521163128927705281..comments2024-03-23T13:09:54.464-04:00Comments on EXCESS COPYRIGHT: Reflections from Fordham - 2008Howard Knopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-60951406073626994072008-04-04T19:34:00.000-04:002008-04-04T19:34:00.000-04:00In a way. the point of view Prof. Hansen expressed...In a way. the point of view Prof. Hansen expressed was "anti-establishment", and I was the "conservative" or "establishment" voice, because it is he who is the "radical".<BR/><BR/>I am fighting for the Copyright Act of 1976 <B>to be followed</B>.<BR/><BR/>He, along with his keynote speakers from the content cartel, are urging the view that the statutes can be disregarded, whenever 4 large record companies and 6 large motion picture companies feel that the statute doesn't offer them enough protection as written.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to be the reactionary, but someone has to keep the flame alive.<BR/><BR/>The only thing "establishment" about their viewpoint is that it is urged on behalf of the big guys against the little guys, by bullies against the defenseless.<BR/><BR/>But I am a believer that the law, and the principles of democracy, are bigger even than big bullies, and will catch up to them one day.raybeckermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063235302436280455noreply@blogger.com