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[SOURCE: The Hill, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
[Commentary] The Intellectual Property Action Committee (IPAC), a group of tech-savvy activists who want to loosen intellectual-property restrictions on cultural content, is sending senators iPods loaded with music by sympathetic stars such as the Beastie Boys, plus the works of Shakespeare and others long past claiming copyright. The idea is to persuade senators to abandon proposed “broadcast flag” restrictions on the replaying of digital content. But instead of sending them to Senate offices, the pressure group is sending them to the senators’ reelection campaign offices. That way, the iPods will be deemed a contribution in kind by the Federal Election Commission, as long as the gizmos are deployed for campaign purposes rather than personal use.
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