Derek Khanna, the Republican House staffer who wrote an eminently sensible paper on copyright reform that was retracted less than a day later has been fired. So much for the GOP's drive to attract savvy, net-centric young voters. After all, this is the party that put SOPA's daddy in charge of the House Tech and Science Committee.

But it's pretty terrible for Khanna — what a shabby way of dealing with dissent within your ranks.



Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright-reform memo [Timothy B. Lee/Ars Technica]

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