Intellectual Property
Jun. 10, 2014
RESPECT Act doesn't deserve any respect
The RESPECT Act is the recording industry's latest attempt to have its cake and eat it too, applying only the provisions of copyright law it finds beneficial while harming the copyright ecosystem as a whole.
Daniel B. Lifschitz
Partner
Johnson & Johnson LLP
Email: dlifschitz@jjllplaw.com
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
The "Respecting Senior Performers as Essential Cultural Treasures" (RESPECT) Act, revealed on May 29 by U.S. Congressmen George Holding and John Conyers (and championed by the Recording Industry Association of America, amongst others), is the latest in a series of obsequiously-named bills from Congress that would benefit from an honest retitling - in this case, the "Copyright Avoiders Kvetching Endlessly" (CAKE) Act. Quite simply, it is the recording industry's latest attempt to have its...
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