Forwarding with permission from Marisa; sorry for duplication. Best, Cathy
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marisa L. Ramirez <mrami...@calpoly.edu> Date: Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 1:40 PM Subject: [SCHOLCOMM] RSC Policy Brief that Hollywood Hated: Three Myths about Copyright Law and Where to Start to Fix it To: ScholComm <scholc...@ala.org> Did anyone see this? Very interesting interaction on copyright between the Republican Study Committee and Hollywood (MPAA and RIAA): Exerpt from Tech Dirt: On Nov 16th, we reported on how the Republican Study Committee (the conservative caucus of House Republicans) had put out a surprisingly awesome report about copyright reform. You can read that post to see the details. The report had been fully vetted and reviewed by the RSC before it was released. However, as soon as it was published, the MPAA and RIAA apparently went ballistic and hit the phones hard, demanding that the RSC take down the report. They succeeded. Full story: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121117/16492521084/hollywood-lobbyists-have-busy-saturday-convince-gop-to-retract-copyright-reform-brief.shtml The RSC Policy Brief that was retracted hours after it was posted: "Three Myths about Copyright Law and Where to Start to Fix it" http://www.hyperorg.com/misc/rsc_policy_brief_--_three_myths_about_copyright_law_and_where_to_start_to_fix_it_--_november_16_2012.pdf HT to Michele Wyngard for bringing this to my attention. :) Best, Marisa Marisa Ramirez Digital Scholarship Services Librarian Robert E. Kennedy Library, Rm 104A California Polytechnic State University Voice: 805.756.7040 mrami...@calpoly.edu http://lib.calpoly.edu/scholarship/
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