Re: Constitutional Challenge to (C) Code

On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Tyler Ochoa <tochoa[_at_]law.whittier.edu> wrote:
>
> I greatly appreciate the number of passionate messages expressing
> oposition to the Copyright Term Extension Act. Unfortunately, those
> mesages are not being heard or heeded by those who are in a position
> to actually do something about it, i.e., Congress. They hear only one
> side of the debate: the side that puts campaign contributions in their
> pockets. [For example, in a recent message Senator Hatch's staff member
> was quoted describing the bill as "non-controversial" and the opposition
> as "film archivists and some law professors."]
> [snip]
> Does anyone know of any prominent senators or representatives who
> are opposed to this bill, who might be willing to organize an effort to
> defeat it?

That's the right approach. Surely there must be some senator who's within the budget of a bunch of law professors.

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