Writer and Copyright Advocate David Newhoff ’88 Rejects Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers’s View of Intellectual Property Protection as an “Elite Concern”
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“Inasmuch as the economic and jobs numbers are indisputable, the need to protect copyrights at home and abroad is about more than numbers,” writes Newhoff. “Through this period of pandemic and political strife, we have been reminded quite often these days how important the arts are to our personal health and to the health of our democracy. More than just decorative amusements to bide our time or escape our anxieties in isolation, the arts continue to remind us that in America, aspiration is everything. And that is worth protecting at almost any price.”
Post Date: 02-05-2021
Post Date: 02-05-2021