Access Copyright has added a note about Statement Regarding Captain Copyright on their homepage.
It is interesting how after presenting such a one-sided and in a number of cases factually incorrect political view of copyright, claiming it was "education", that they are suggesting that they were surprised at the reaction.
They did state that, "We are taking action to make these improvements, and one of the first things we have done is to invite organizations with differing perspectives on copyright issues to participate in the process".
It will be interesting to see how well they incorporate those different perspectives, including competitors to Access Copyrights' business model of collecting royalty payments for all possible uses. Examples include the Open Access, Creative Commons, and FLOSS communities. Some members of this growing creative community only charge for the initial up-front development costs, harnessing the fact that the marginal cost of production for creativity is zero, and never charge anyone royalty fees for any use.
Note: Access Copyright's website currently seems to require JavaScript be enabled to work. Technical people may find it interesting to view the message that the site returns when you use the Lynx browser, software which is popular in the blind community.
