tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post786950942833389156..comments2024-02-05T11:03:17.462-06:00Comments on Days of our Trailers: Democrats in the pocket of the "Music Lobby"Thirdpowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886910076400873900noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post-31688066128596527902007-11-12T00:46:00.000-06:002007-11-12T00:46:00.000-06:00Once upon a time I was really into the copyright i...Once upon a time I was really into the copyright issue. But geek culture was about making a lot of noise, and not really accomplishing anything.<BR/><BR/>One thing I don't get is why Republicans haven't realized they have nothing gain from catering to the copyright constituency. There's an opportunity to enlarge the tent that they are missing.<BR/><BR/>But geeks are less politically powerful than gun owners, strangely enough because I think gun owners are more inclined to spend money to let other groups represent their interests, whereas geeks believe the power of their logic is persuasive enough. <BR/><BR/>It's not, and thus they keep losing. No one is really organizing people around the copyright issue, and I'm not sure any of those folks really want to be lead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com