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Biden has the opportunity to redeem himself on the copyright issue by coming out with a creative global solution to the existing mess. Suppose, for example, that we recast intellectual property as an inalienable personal right of the actual creator, like free speech, not transferable in any way to corporate middlemen, and lasting for o longer than the lifetime of the creator. To profit from an artist's work, you would have to make arrangements with that specific person.
The entertainment industry would no longer be able to screw artists out of their rights for a pittance, then profit again by doing the same to their customers. No longer would tech companies be able to grab employee patent rights by forced pre-arrangement, then kick their engineers to the curb and outsource their jobs.
Wouldn't Democrats love to be able to take credit for fixing what has become an international joke?
