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Dubya’s been keeping his head pretty low, probably relieved to let the news cycle chew on someone else’s ass for a bit. But even though it looks like he plans to stay on cruise control until January, he’s still finding new ways to fuck up the federal government. Today he signed into law the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, clearing the final hurdle in his administration’s quest to create a cabinet-level piracy czar. That unwieldy title collapses to the acronym “PRO-IP Act,” in case you were wondering whether this law was going to, oh, help defend fair use, or maybe take properties that should’ve become public domain decades ago out of the hands of greedy corporations.
The act passed unanimously in the Senate and with broad bipartisan support in the House. Please, why doesn’t somebody tell me again about how a Democratic majority in Congress will keep terrible pro-corporate bullshit from becoming the law of the land. I could use a laugh.
