Seth Finkelstein has won one of the DMCA exemptions recently granted by the Copyright Office by contributing important comments under difficult circumstances. Good news.
The obvious question, however: Why does he have to pay for his own plane ticket? Considering the impact he has made, I sure hope that won't be necessary the next time around.
Posted by Karl-Friedrich Lenz at November 1, 2003 05:51 PM | TrackBackThanks for the coverage.
Why did I have to pay for my own plane ticket? Well, the government doesn't fund testimony, and I wasn't representing any organization, so who was going to pay? It was a 6:30am plane flight since I didn't want the expense of a hotel too.
I've found people often imagine there is far more support for me than exists in reality.
And note I was so bothered to have to pay the cost myself, because I was unemployed, under constant attack by Slashdot editor (i.e., great power to abuse) Michael Sims, the tech economy was horrible, and so money was much a concern for me.
In the aftermath, I've gotten a lot of congratulations, but in fact, sadly, nothing that makes my free-speech work more financially sustainable.
Posted by: Seth Finkelstein on November 3, 2003 01:24 AM