I think for real creative community it should be insulting that he speaks for it, presenting MPAA's perverted views as "views of the creative community". Lexi Alexander is quite outspoken about how interests of MPAA are at odds with interests of actual creators.
Well, given some of the past actions of the MPAA[1][2], I suppose this attitude is altogether unsurprising. The sooner the MPAA fades away and is replaced with something less archaic, the better.<p>[1]: <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/google-mpaa-censorship-150303/" rel="nofollow">https://torrentfreak.com/google-mpaa-censorship-150303/</a><p>[2]: <a href="http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-mpaas-attempt-to-revive-sopa.html" rel="nofollow">http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-mpaas-att...</a>
You know, after the "Blurred Lines" incident[1], it wouldn't surprise me if the music industry started pushing for more limits on copyright enforcement.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/10/blurred-lines-pharrell-robin-thicke-copied-marvin-gaye" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/10/blurred-lines-p...</a>
Appearance of 'concern' throughout the email:<p>1st paragraph: 1 time<p>2nd paragraph: 1 time<p>3rd paragraph: 2 times<p>4th paragraph: 3 times<p>Total: 7 times
Former Academic Librarian:<p>Fair Use doesn't even get used in Colleges and Universities since there is such fear of litigation. How about we secure the fair use in our school first and than we can start talking about Fair Use for International Treaties.
"P.S. The rest of the TPP, however, is just hunky dory to my member companies. Sony's consumer electronics division can not wait to sue the living shit out of the next country that tries to institute an environmental impact assessment on one of its devices. Woot!"