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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/03/2026

All told, the Trump tax bill generated windfalls worth more than $1b for just 82 households, all of whom donated lavishly to the lawmakers who inserted incredibly specific amendments that benefited them, personally: pluralistic.net/2021/08/11/t... 6/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/03/2026

Another example: in 1999, Congressional staffer Mitch Glazier inserted an amendment to the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act that took away musicians' ability to claim back the rights to their recordings after 35 years through "Termination of Transfer": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_G... 7/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/03/2026

This amendment whacked one group of musicians particularly hard: the Black "heritage acts" who had been coerced into signing *unbelievably shitty* contracts in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, who were increasingly using termination to get those rights back. 8/

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