It Sure Sounds Like Elizabeth Warren Wants To Bring The EU Copyright Directive Stateside
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190308/17593441768/it-sure-sounds-like-elizabeth-warren-wants-to-bring-eu-copyright-directive-stateside.shtml
Last week we wrote a critical analysis of Elizabeth Warren's big plan to break up "big tech." As we noted, there was a lot in the plan that was nonsensical, unsupported by the facts or just plain confused. We'll be talking more about some of these ideas a lot over the next few years I imagine (stay tuned), but there was one line in Warren's plan that deserved a separate post: it appears that a part of Warren's big attack on big tech... is to give a massive handout to Hollywood. Here's the line:
We must help America’s content creators — from local newspapers and national magazines to comedians and musicians — keep more of the value their content generates, rather than seeing it scooped up by companies like Google and Facebook.