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Copyright Coalition Asks President Biden to Help Fight Piracy and Big Tech
The CreativeFuture coalition, which represents companies and individuals in the film, TV, music, and publishing industries, is asking President Biden to help fight online piracy. Now that the felony streaming bill and the CASE Act have been passed, big tech companies such as Google and Facebook are key adversaries once again.
[...] With the felony streaming bill and the CASE Act passed, the pro-copyright group already got most of what it asked for in last year's letter. But there is more. In the letter sent this week, CreativeFuture points the finger at an 'enemy' that's closer to home. "As you well know from your years in the Senate and as Vice President, not everyone in Washington is a supporter of copyright. The creative community has often been on the losing end of the battle to improve copyright protections," the group writes.
[...] With this week's letter, the group reminds President Biden of its concerns, calling for support. "We hope that your Administration will support ongoing efforts to ensure that the biggest internet platforms – companies such as Facebook and Google – have greater accountability for addressing the unlawful conduct occurring across their worldwide services."
"We know that you are personally aware of how these platforms can be misused and how they dodge accountability – all while making immense profits," the letter adds.
Also at The Hill.
(Score: 3, Touché) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday February 25 2021, @10:32PM (1 child)
See, that's just wrong, because in the 1980's we were told about how home taping is killing music, and didn't listen, and as we all know, the music industry collapsed and nobody makes money from music anymore.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 26 2021, @01:15AM
I don't pay for ads either, so what's the big deal if I block them?
I simply won't eat whatever is served me. I won't eat beans and hate mayonnaise. Even if Congress says I gotta eat it.
I feel the only way to deal with this is to give Congress children's car seats...a steering wheel, a bell, etc, and not connect it to anything. Nothing enforces anything it does.
Toy phones. Toy pens. Keep them from annoying everyone else, so they can play big cheese, while everyone else attends oo their own welfare.
It's just there to give the Honorables something to do.
Give em all Covid masks with built in muffler and podiums with muted mics.