Trump Administration Would 'Eviscerate' Copyright, Say Industry Players - Publishing Perspectives

Today Panzer decided to make a stop at the Publishing Perspectives site. With no digging at all our inquisitive kitty found a post about a new assault on the U.S. copyright law.

These guys give me a headache.

According to the post by Porter Anderson, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) wants to change U.S. copyright law to force intellectual property owners to provide their copyrighted material for free online to be available globally. If the OSTP's proposal is enacted, this would apply to medical and scientific journal articles. There are links in the post to public comments in response to this proposal.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... What's next? Forced to give away all our books online for free?"

Note: This is a humongous post. Bring a gallon of tea and two dozen muffins for today's reading selection.

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