in a bit of good news, an anonymous donor has given $1 million to duke university's center for the study of the public domain. but the article has a sign of the tough hill to climb:

Recent debates in Congress have started from the viewpoint of the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America, rather than from what's good for consumers, Boyle said.

they haven't been missing what's good for consumers, they've been missing what's good for the american public. we aren't just here to consume. (i would guess that boyle didn't actually use the word consumer.)