http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/...rians-outrage/
A much more sober and less dramatic article about this issue, which somehow ends up being far more worrying. Apparently it's not just an American proposal; this is an international working group coming up with new rules. On the one hand, it seems like Cory Doctorow has missed the point of some of the rules (he didn't mention the three-strikes bit, for instance), but it is deeply worrying that something as universal and important as copyright would be discussed in secret, rather than obtaining public opinion.