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Ars published a story about the effects the winner of Tuesday's presidential election could have on intellectional property issues:
The hot-button issues this election can be counted on one's fingers—and for most voters, things like copyright and patent policy don't make the list. Assigned to a wonkish zone far from the Sunday morning talk shows, intellectual property issues aren't near the heart of our deeply polarized political discourse.
Of the two major party candidates in 2016, only the Democratic candidate has a platform that even addresses copyright and patent policies. So today, let's look at what we know about Hillary Clinton's plan, and make some informed speculation about what could happen to these areas under a Donald Trump presidency.\
Given that the campaign is focused (as always) on a relatively small group of issues, tech policy watchers who spoke to Ars were surprised to see a presidential platform that mentions IP issues at all. Clinton's briefing paper on technology and innovation addresses both copyright and patent issues directly, and that in itself is something of a surprise. Trump's website has no such information, so the best clues to his approach lie in his public statements and the people he has surrounded himself with.
(Score: 4, Informative) by zocalo on Monday November 07 2016, @10:19PM
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
(Score: -1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 07 2016, @10:29PM
In the third debate she called it the gold standard.
(Score: 5, Informative) by zocalo on Monday November 07 2016, @10:57PM
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday November 07 2016, @11:22PM
"to being much cooler about it during her campaign"
Key words, "during her campaign". If elected, she will flip, shift, or whatever, once again. She knows who is going to put money into her foundation, and it isn't us who oppose the "trade" deals.