IPac info (the IP political action committee)

Wired is running a story about Intellectual Property Political Action Committee (IPAC). IPac is an exciting new way to get people involved in the copyfight and to educate politicians on IP law.

IPac pledges to support candidates and elected officials who fight for a balance in copyright law: The group will support those who advocate for laws that will pay creators without limiting political expression, innovation or research and education, and back laws that foster new creativity. The group says it believes that intellectual property laws should be clear so technologists can innovate without being sued.

Wired News: Battling the Copyright Big Boys

Check out this post on Chris Rush Cohen (my blog) about IPac and the mainstreaming of the fight against unbalanced copyright law. Here's a snippet:

IP is an area of legislation where politicians can hand huge rewards to companies at the expense of the public without really getting any negative attention. People just don't know how important IP law is, don't realize they are actually the ones losing out, or don't care because IP doesn't make for a great above-the-fold story. As the copyright law has expanded so massively in the last decade, however, the public's interest in IP has really been piqued.
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It is only natural that eventually an IP PAC would pop up. It would obviously make a huge difference to the future direction of IP law if the public took such an interest in IP that politicians were forced to react, and particularly if donors other than the MPAA and the RIAA began to consider IP issues in who they supported financially. That will be a next step that may be a few years off but appears to be happening.

Chris Rush Cohen: New Intellectual Property Political Action Committee

Congratulations and good luck to everyone involved in IPac, it's a great idea. Go check them out and support them.