The EFF frequently points out that the Democrats tend to be worse with regards to copyright due to California’s political leanings. While that might be true, after the GOP dumped free market capitalism for lie-bomb-and-print fascism they tend to be nasty as well.
I commented on your previous post (http://c4sif.org/2012/08/rand-paul-bad-on-intellectual-property/) about Rand Paul attacking “Internet collectivism” as a Thoughtcrime.
I’ve seen things from “free-market” think-tanks as well which use this same tactic – I seem to remember something ridiculous coming out years ago from the Heritage Foundation which said something moronic like “Richard Stallman opposes the Founding Fathers’ support for intellectual property rights”
Meanwhile open-source and Creative Commons are voluntary private contracts which the copyright holder chooses to utilize. Free-market supporters are supposed to support private contracts, but they go after the Thoughtcrime instead.
So while the Democrats may rely on extreme copyright laws for winning elections, there is a tendency for establishment Republicans to accuse us of anti-private-property Thoughtcrimes.
