-technologies that change the way they do business to look to the
- government
-for protection, it is the special duty of policy makers to
- guarantee
-that that protection not become a deterrent to progress. It is the
-duty of policy makers, in other words, to assure that the changes they
-create, in response to the request of those hurt by changing technology,
-are changes that preserve the incentives and opportunities for
- innovation
-and change.
-</para>
-<para>
-In the context of laws regulating speech—which include, obviously,
-copyright law—that duty is even stronger. When the industry
- complaining
-about changing technologies is asking Congress to respond in
-a way that burdens speech and creativity, policy makers should be
- especially
-wary of the request. It is always a bad deal for the government
-to get into the business of regulating speech markets. The risks and
-dangers of that game are precisely why our framers created the First
-Amendment to our Constitution: "Congress shall make no law . . .
-abridging the freedom of speech." So when Congress is being asked to
-pass laws that would "abridge" the freedom of speech, it should ask—
-carefully—whether such regulation is justified.
+technologies that change the way they do business to look to the
+government for protection, it is the special duty of policy makers to
+guarantee that that protection not become a deterrent to progress. It
+is the duty of policy makers, in other words, to assure that the
+changes they create, in response to the request of those hurt by
+changing technology, are changes that preserve the incentives and
+opportunities for innovation and change.
+</para>
+<para>
+In the context of laws regulating speech—which include,
+obviously, copyright law—that duty is even stronger. When the
+industry complaining about changing technologies is asking Congress to
+respond in a way that burdens speech and creativity, policy makers
+should be especially wary of the request. It is always a bad deal for
+the government to get into the business of regulating speech
+markets. The risks and dangers of that game are precisely why our
+framers created the First Amendment to our Constitution: "Congress
+shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech." So when
+Congress is being asked to pass laws that would "abridge" the freedom
+of speech, it should ask— carefully—whether such
+regulation is justified.