Re: Google settlement rejected

[Sandy Thatcher <sandy.thatcher@alumni.princeton.edu>]

The legislation already proposed was supported by publishers and 
librarians alike and had broad support among other groups also, 
the photographers being a notable exception. This isn't something 
Congress would need to spend a lot more time thinking about. It 
just requires getting the bill to the floor for a vote.

Sandy Thatcher

At 9:38 PM -0400 3/28/11, James J. O'Donnell wrote:
>Shall we have a listmembers' pool of predictions about how long
>it will take the U.S. Congress to clear its mind of dealing with
>true crises like incandscent bulbs and getting coddled NPR
>reporters out of LIbya and to focus on getting orphan works
>sorted out and done? They've had numerous chances.  Any Johnny
>Mathis fans among us?  Side bets also should be welcome on
>whether what Congress does ends up being more or less
>corporate-friendly than what was in the settlement.  I'm not a
>particular fan of the deceased settlement, but I also don't think
>that spending several years not solving the problem adds as much
>value as some might think.
>
>Jim O'Donnell
>Georgetown