Republican Staffer Khanna Axed Over Copyright Memo 506
Bob9113 writes "Ars Technica reports that Derek Khanna is getting axed over his memo detailing the conflict between laissez-faire-oriented free market ideals and the regulatory monopoly that is copyright. 'The Republican Study Committee, a caucus of Republicans in the House of Representatives, has told staffer Derek Khanna that he will be out of a job when Congress re-convenes in January. The incoming chairman of the RSC, Steve Scalise (R-LA) was approached by several Republican members of Congress who were upset about a memo Khanna wrote advocating reform of copyright law. They asked that Khanna not be retained, and Scalise agreed to their request.'"
Surprised? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:This is why the Republicans lost the election (Score:1, Informative)
But they didn't lose, they were just given 4 more years of control of one house of congress, a mandate by the people to prove how bad obama is for america!
Or, at least that's what this memo i have says...
Memo taken down. But there's a backup copy. (Score:5, Informative)
Backup copy. [keionline.org] (And because the document was created by a Congressional employee, it's not copyrightable. So there.)
Here's the proposal:
This is a good proposal. Start circulating it around. For only a very small number of copyrighted items is there revenue beyond 12 years, and that's covered.
Re:Principled conservatism (Score:5, Informative)
You might want to wipe the foam from your mouth and actually read about the history of civil rights and see who's consistently been on the side of those who want to work hard and be a member of society
Yup - they were usually called "liberals" and "progressives", same as they are today. It just so happens that Republicans were a liberal/progressive party since pretty much forever (already during the Civil War), until they were turned around at the end of the Civil Rights era.
Re:Principled conservatism (Score:5, Informative)
Teddy Roosevelt was a conservative? You're joking, right? Did you hear that from Rush Limbaugh or Fox News? You do know that the Bull Moose Party that he founded was a progressive party, right? Teddy Roosevelt is well known as being a leader in the progressive movement of the early 20th century. To call him a conservative is an absolute joke.
Re:He Should Be (Score:5, Informative)
Here is just some of the significant government involvement that defines married people as different than single people. [wikipedia.org]
Of course gays want to get married.. look at how special married people are treated. They want to be treated special too, which is why allowing gay marriage isn't actually a fair outcome unless you define 'fair' to equal 'treating people differently.'
The fair outcome is only arrived at when the government gets the hell out of the institution of marriage.
Derek Khanna - Geek (Score:5, Informative)
He is one of us - look at his linkedin profile
http://www.linkedin.com/in/derekkhanna [linkedin.com]
Unless, we stand up for him, no one else will ever dare write about copyright reform in the future.
This needs to be something like fight against SOPA.