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Congress Will Create Stronger Copyright Laws in Honor of DJ Who Won First 'Remix' Grammy

posted by n1 on Friday June 12 2015, @12:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the irony-is-dead dept.

"gewg_" writes:

TechDirt reports:

[Congresswoman] Sheila Jackson-Lee submitted a House Resolution honoring Frankie Knuckles, the pioneering House DJ (and, here, we no longer mean "House of Representatives") who passed away last year. Such resolutions are pretty typical and a nice honor, if fairly meaningless overall. Still, it seems somewhat bizarre that in a resolution honoring Knuckles, who won the first ever "Remixer of the Year" Grammy back in 1998, that Jackson-Lee used it as a reason to argue for stronger copyright protections.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2015, @02:09AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2015, @02:09AM (#195235)

    will we be able to see the American flag planted on Mars from past visits?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2015, @12:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2015, @12:40PM (#195367)

    Yes this congress critter's vast intellect has always impressed me. Any legislation upon which she should grace our presence with should be given all due consideration. Provided of course, she can first correctly identify which planet she happens to be currently residing on.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2015, @12:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2015, @12:54PM (#195372)
    One can follow this link here [discoverthenetworks.org] for a little background on this specific observation and other whitty commentary by Mrs. Lee. Sad, very sad.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday June 12 2015, @01:23PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 12 2015, @01:23PM (#195382) Journal

      Jackson Lee appears to be a homo sapient, but what is she REALLY? I mean - she lacks sapience. Does that just make her a homo? Oh crap - now I'll get it from the gay community . . .