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Ärende: Re: File-sharing Republican blogger tackles Orrin 'hollywood' Hatch
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From: Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com>


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On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:13:02 -0400, "Geo" <georger@nls.net> wrote:

>why is it these people all assume you have a paypal account or even want
>one?
>
>Geo.
>
>"Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:43242c3a@w3.nls.net...
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/09/urquhart_file-share_hatch/
>>
>> Interview A US politician challenging the pro-Hollywood Utah Senator Orrin
>> Hatch is supporting file-sharing as a means to promote business innovation
>> and keep the internet free.
>>
>> Republican challenger Steve Urquhart is taking a pro-small business and
>> creative commons stance against Hatch, arguing that hobbling file-sharing
>> technology through government legislation, that is enforced through the
>> courts, is bad for business. Urquhart is running for the GOP seat against
>> Hatch in 2006.
>>
>> Urquhart has talked out against Hatch's proposed Induce Act, a bill that
>> world make "the intentional inducement of copyright infringement" an
>> offense. He is also critical of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
>(DCMA),
>> backed by Hatch - and others - and signed into law.
>>
>> Urquhart, whose campaign seeks donations from internet users, not just
>those
>> living and voting in his native land of Utah, believes Hatch's legislation
>> plays into the hands of big, corporate media interests and helps stifle
>> small business.
>>
>> "Senator Hatch has shown that he doesn't understand the internet, or at
>> least, he does not welcome the kind of democratizing tool it can be,"
>> Urquhart told The Register.
>>
>> "File-sharing technology is value-neutral and it's amazing. The technology
>> should be lauded. Like most good things, though, it can be used in
>> inappropriate ways. In those cases, the actions, not the technology should
>> be discouraged," he said.
>>
>> Urquhart is sharply critical of both Hatch and the Induce Act, and the
>> defense they use of protecting copyright. "I think the threat of potential
>> copyright suits by Hollywood and the recording industry makes it difficult
>> for new businesses to compete. Small businesses simply won't bother to
>enter
>> the fray or will fold at the first threat of a suit - even when what they
>> are doing is legal," Urquhart said.
>>
>> He noted big organizations like Disney have built massive franchises by
>> taking prior art from the common culture and slapping on their own
>> copyright, thereby claiming ownership. "Walt Disney built an empire by
>> taking public domain works like Cinderella and dressing them up with his
>> imagination," Urquhart said.
>>
>> He believes the reason legislation like the Induce Act has become possible
>> is a result of the lobbying power of entrenched business and what he
>called:
>> "The lack of appreciation for how fundamentally different the economy and
>> business are today than they were when these [politicians] left real life
>> and entered the beltway."
>>
>> "Politicians can best help . . . the internet community by staying out of
>> the way. Politicians usually are a few steps behind society. When it comes
>> to the internet, they are laps behind," Urquhart said.
>>
>> Urquhart is a keen blogger and is using his online campaign against Hatch
>to
>> encourage techies to flex their muscle. The candidate said he'd attracted
>> "significant" support from internet users and "many" tech backers in his
>> efforts to raise between $750,000 and $1m to fund the 2006 campaign
>against
>> Hatch.
>>
>> He claims internet users supporting him share a common chord of wanting a
>> senator who understands the internet, and its role in the economy, and who
>> is willing to fight to protect the part it plays.
>>
>> Voting out the incumbent will also send the message to lawmakers in the US
>> Congress about the value of file sharing and how the Induce Act, and
>similar
>> works like the defunct Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion
>> Act sponsored by Senator Fritz Hollings - a.k.a "the Senator from
>Disney" -
>> are ill conceived.
>>
>> "I'm confident that if the technical community were to help turn out
>Senator
>> Hatch, 534 other people in Washington would pay closer attention to
>> technology in the future," Urquhart said.R
>>
>>
>

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