White House Publishes Artists’ Views on Copyright

The White House has posted hundreds of comments online in response to the call by Victoria Espinel, the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, for guidance on how to improve enforcement of IP rights. You can read the letters here. Note that responses include letters from photographers, visual artists, and Google, as well as a strong anti-piracy letter from the AFL-CIO. The University of Michigan counters with a letter on the social and financial costs of copyright enforcement.