For several decades the concept of fair use in copyrighted material has been established in our rules, regulations and laws. Over the last several years the concept of fair use, satire, parody and personal edification have been replaced by draconian measures to punish those who download and others who make that intellectual property available for download. The following links provide some commentary on this issue:
http://activepolitic.com:82/Outside_News/10806.html
http://activepolitic.com:82/blog/2011-06-19/Senator_Wyden_Comes_Out_Agai...
This petition is against these proposed pieces of legislation.
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