Sweeping new copyright measures poised to pass in spending bill

Amidst a global pandemic and economic recession, this draconian copyright law gets stuffed into the rear end of our public relief bill? I think this is some smelly bullsh*t<p>We must remember that copyrights were meant to expire; the system was made to create a rich and robust public domain from which American citizens could tap into for art, inspiration and culture.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 is the largest bill ever passed by the House, at 5593 pages of text [1]. It contains sections about artificial intelligence, carbon monoxide alarms, salmon fisheries, firearm sales, the James Webb Space Telescope, and hundreds of other interesting topics.<p>Read the full text at the link below. For fun, grep for the phrase &quot;authorized to be appropriated&quot;.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;rules.house.gov&#x2F;sites&#x2F;democrats.rules.house.gov&#x2F;files&#x2F;BILLS-116HR133SA-RCP-116-68.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;rules.house.gov&#x2F;sites&#x2F;democrats.rules.house.gov&#x2F;file...</a>