President-elect Barack Obama, the next President of the United States, has an uphill climb when he takes over control of the country in January, with several different technology issues to deal with.
Politics aside, tech industry analysts are speculating what impact Obama will have in regards to copyright reform and other key tech issues.
Although Sen. John McCain touted the need for copyright enforcement in the United States, Obama said "we need to update and reform our copyright and patent systems to promote civic discourse, innovation, and investment while ensuring that intellectual property owners are fairly treated."
Silicon Valley and other tech-friendly voters seemed to agree more with Obama’s stance on issues, although we’ll have to wait and see what he does.
Only time will tell what kind of copyright strategy Obama will use, as he has been overly vague regarding his desire to amend the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. When asked while campaigning if allowing content owners to make a legal backup of a computer game or DVD after purchase, he said he would back a DMCA change "in concept."
Regarding file sharing, Obama wishes to broaden the amount of online privacy Internet users have, which could lead to interesting times with the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
On a global scale, Obama realizes that China is a major copyright offender, and more enforcement is needed to combat the problem. Along with China, it’ll be interesting to see how he deals with Russia and other eastern European nations, where piracy is rampant and continues to grow at a mind-boggling rate.
Even though issues relating to technology are important for a lot of people, the U.S. has more pressing matter, and it is unknown when, if ever, Obama will worry about the DMCA, copyright infringement and file sharing, and other issues discussed in the tech world.
27 Comments
- guest
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- Posted on: 07 Nov 08 04:05
2. I fail to see why people believe the Democrats are more likely to restore fair use rights. Both the DMCA and the Mickey Mouse copyright extension act were signed into law by Clinton administration and let's face it, at least some of those celebrity endorsements are going to have strings attached.
- guest
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- Posted on: 08 Nov 08 00:24
Give the Democrats a chance and will see where things go, don't be so quick to judge them we may get our fair use rights back, no one can say for sure what our fate will be with the new congress and President-Elect Obama.
As far as copyright reform goes, I'm guessing it's pretty far down on Obama's list right now. Getting the US economy up and running again is his #1 priority.
People making under 45,000 a year will be allowed to pirate while people making more will have to pay for a retail copy.http://www.cdfreaks.com/jochem/../im...4/bigsmile.gif
- guest
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- Posted on: 08 Nov 08 12:05
- guest
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- Posted on: 08 Nov 08 16:23
- guest
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- Posted on: 08 Nov 08 18:23
You would know, wouldn't you?
This explains much of his incoherent blather.
- guest
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- Posted on: 13 Nov 08 04:51
You write: "The newspapers keep stating obama is black, but obamas mum was WHITE. doesnt that make him half cast?"
I believe the word is "half-caste" and seldom if ever used today in the United States. The term "mixed race" or "multi-ethnic" is preferred. I do agree with your points, however and fortunately bigots like PukeDukem are a vanishing breed. Ever notice how the haters always begin with "I'm not a racist..." and then spew their venom?
I did not read DukeNukem comments as being a bigoted..well maybe about Sony Blu-ray. Shame on you for not loving the Sony way
Yes, according to both television and the internet (neither of which has ever lied to me before), Obama is black. However, Lindsay Lohan doesn't know the word black, as proven in a recent interview.
"It's an amazing feeling. It's our first, you know, colored president."
Thanks for your time, Lindsay. Back to you, Sam.
And now for some words of wisdom from Lt. Commander Data.
Please continue the petty bickering, it intrigues me
Sounds like racist talk to me.
"Steven...Steven settle down! You'll wet the bed tonight."
Pukem sez-
"Don't worry, Crabby. I'm pretty sure he wears adult diapers."
Their ignorance pointed out here by Mr.2874, they resort to the bathroom humor again. If they're not obsessing about my ass they're worrying over my depends.
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