Fair Use Is Not an Exception to Copyright, It’s Essential to Copyright
The EFF brings up potential new copyright modifications to tighten down on fair use. It's important to remember that in 1998, the US Congress extended copyright protection retroactively for 20 years, putting off new additions to the public domain until 2019. So all of us who care about copyright ought to be ready for a new copyright extension act coming in 2017 or 2018, to extend things even further. That will be the optimal time for the industry to push for another DMCA-style law that will complicate our lives even further and push more power into the hands of media conglomerates and out of our control. Be prepared.