More April Fool's Day Hilarity: Public Knowledge
The intellectual property pranksters over at Public Knowledge got us good this time. The group's president, Gigi Sohn, put out a statement commenting on supposed new IP enforcement legislation that is "a tragedy wrapped in a travesty" and "a travesty wrapped in a tragedy." At first blush, I thought it was authentic because she's never been shy about creatively informing the press about her feelings on a particular measure.
Under the fabricated bill, new government agencies, including a Department of Intellectual Property Security, would be created and given extraordinary powers. Copyright protection would be extended to new types of works and with even longer terms of protection in force. “This bill should be read very carefully. Anyone would have to be a fool to vote for this bill," Sohn said. To read the full text of the spoof legislation, click here (see commentary from PK in the margins).
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