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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: 2) by edIII on Friday June 12 2015, @09:03AM

    by edIII (791) on Friday June 12 2015, @09:03AM (#195327)

    Because our current copyright laws--which essentially last forever--just aren't draconian enough.

    Until Disney can send Mickey over to kick your dog, hit you with a Tazer to the chest, and have Prima Nocta with the wife..... I'm going out on a limb and say they will still budget for the lobbyists to ask for more. I mean they gave you Disney you ungrateful savages.....

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