I don't know. I think not just fandom, but the populace at large struck a pretty telling blow against the current legislation - at the moment it's tabled indefinitely. They can bring it back up whenever they want, of course, but they didn't vote this week, and that was largely because suddenly there weren't enough sure votes in its favor.
Of course, Europe and Canada are now trying the same things, and Australia's had it on the table for a while, apparently. So I suppose we'll see. Unfortunately we can't let our guard down. But I have some hope, at the moment, that people may actually be able to pound the message into the brains of those in charge before anything truly horrible happens.
Some branches of some companies do seem to understand that fan content ought to be celebrated - the problem right now seems to be that consistently, it is only a branch of the company, while the other branches are busy trying to make people cease and desist and the one fun group is saying "wow, we love you guys". It's a start of change, though.
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Date: 2012-01-26 09:04 pm (UTC)Of course, Europe and Canada are now trying the same things, and Australia's had it on the table for a while, apparently. So I suppose we'll see. Unfortunately we can't let our guard down. But I have some hope, at the moment, that people may actually be able to pound the message into the brains of those in charge before anything truly horrible happens.
Some branches of some companies do seem to understand that fan content ought to be celebrated - the problem right now seems to be that consistently, it is only a branch of the company, while the other branches are busy trying to make people cease and desist and the one fun group is saying "wow, we love you guys". It's a start of change, though.