Comments on: Big Copyright has a new name!

By: walt

walt — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:33:53 +0000

I like “The Axis of Copyright.” And thanks for the explication. Still, there’s something charming about the Poised To Respond Group, ever ready to beat down any attempt to balance copyright interests…

By: Carlos Ovalle

Carlos Ovalle — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:04:19 +0000

Those forces have been pretty lock-step for a bit, so it’s not a complete shock that they’re acting jointly, but it does make it easier to track. Ed Felten had an interesting take on their written response published earlier last month:
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=984

On a related note, librarycopyright.net will be getting updated soon- within the next two weeks, hopefully- to provide more copyright resources for librarians and other interested parties.

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:35:08 +0000

I call it "The Axis Of Copyright". But don't read too much into it. They're just following the procedure indicated by the Library of Congress Copyright Office for the hearings: http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2006/71fr9302.html "In order to avoid duplicative and cumulative testimony and to ensure that all relevant issues and viewpoints are addressed, the Office encourages parties with similar interests to select common representatives to testify on behalf of a particular position."