Hank Johnson: “It will be like the gatekeeper. Why should Google be the only entity permitted to sell access to orphan works?”

It’s a really important principle, and I hope that we can employ that, because it makes a big difference in the calculations.

I thank the gentleman for his very prescient comments. He spoke of a reign of terror that has been inflicted upon our institutions and the people of this country. As a lawyer, I never thought that I would ever live to see the Department of…

I think Democrats in New York elected three new Democrats that will join our caucus, and I'm looking forward for them participating.

Democrats have to help negotiate this, and they've to this point shown no interest in finding a reasonable solution for that.