$40 billion to Ukraine? More like $6 billion, so where's the rest? The abortion bill was the one from 2021, word for word, giving unlimited access in all states.
If you're looking for another fun messaging bill, Missouri's Josh Hawley is attempting a Trifecta of violating the Berne Convention that the Western world uses to harmonize copyrights, the Takings Clause of the Constution, and the Constitution's explicit prohibition of Bills of Attainder in joining Ron DeSantis' crusade against Disney by trying to strip them of their copyright protections for anything older than a decade, and rewinding US copyright law back to 1908[1]:
"In a press release, Hawley said that 'The age of Republican handouts to Big Business is over. Thanks to special copyright protections from Congress, woke corporations like Disney have earned billions while increasingly pandering to woke activists. It’s time to take away Disney’s special privileges and open up a new era of creativity and innovation.'"
"The legislation would apply only to entertainment and theme park companies with a market capitalization of more than $150 billion. The bill does include a provision to delay implementation for up to 10 years."
"Current copyright law gives corporations copyright protections for 95 years from publication. The length of copyrights has been extended a couple of times, most recently when 20 years were added in 1998 as part of the Sony Bono Copyright Term Extension Act."
I miss the days when legislators actually legislated as opposed to using their seats to pander to their patrons and invent increasingly stupid stunts to raise their public profile (without doing anything meaningful).
If Disney were a phone company or a bank it would have been dismantled long ago. Disney probably has more cultural influence these days than practically and other single company yet it is left alone to gobble up media unchecked. The Mouse rarely loses.
If you're looking for another fun messaging bill, Missouri's Josh Hawley is attempting a Trifecta of violating the Berne Convention that the Western world uses to harmonize copyrights, the Takings Clause of the Constution, and the Constitution's explicit prohibition of Bills of Attainder in joining Ron DeSantis' crusade against Disney by trying to strip them of their copyright protections for anything older than a decade, and rewinding US copyright law back to 1908[1]:
"In a press release, Hawley said that 'The age of Republican handouts to Big Business is over. Thanks to special copyright protections from Congress, woke corporations like Disney have earned billions while increasingly pandering to woke activists. It’s time to take away Disney’s special privileges and open up a new era of creativity and innovation.'"
"The legislation would apply only to entertainment and theme park companies with a market capitalization of more than $150 billion. The bill does include a provision to delay implementation for up to 10 years."
"Current copyright law gives corporations copyright protections for 95 years from publication. The length of copyrights has been extended a couple of times, most recently when 20 years were added in 1998 as part of the Sony Bono Copyright Term Extension Act."
I miss the days when legislators actually legislated as opposed to using their seats to pander to their patrons and invent increasingly stupid stunts to raise their public profile (without doing anything meaningful).
[1] https://deadline.com/2022/05/disney-copyright-josh-hawley-copyright-1235020896/
If Disney were a phone company or a bank it would have been dismantled long ago. Disney probably has more cultural influence these days than practically and other single company yet it is left alone to gobble up media unchecked. The Mouse rarely loses.