In response to an article I read today about yet another encroachment on our rights, I decided to revisit my complaints about unreasonable changes to copyright laws over the last 25 years, and the even more unreasonable encroachments on our rights in the name of enforcement.
Big Media is a threat to free speech and free expression. In 1980 they successfully lobbied to double the time before copyrights expire, then in 2000, they doubled the time again. Slowly the encroachment on the public's rights continues to grow in the name of protecting authors who will never live as long as their copyrights. It's time to stop the encroachment on our rights, limit copyrights to their traditional lifespans, and protect consumer rights and fair use.
Big Media does not need Government protection. We don't need an entertainment monopoly. We need freedom so that individuals have the ability to compete. Please DO NOT support bills that encroach on the public's rights to make fair use of various media on the internet, and please REPEAL the recent unreasonable extensions of copyrights that have been made in the last 25 years.
