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Hakeem Jeffries: “The view that copyright law exists or should exist to serve the public interest, which I think is an assessment that all…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2013
The view that copyright law exists or should exist to serve the public interest, which I think is an assessment that all of us on this Committee share within the Congress
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Jeffries emphasizes that copyright law should prioritize public interest.

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