Eagles songwriter Don Henley urged Congress on Tuesday (June 2) to “Take It to the Limit” to protect artists against online pirating, wading into a copyright fight pitting Hollywood and the recording industry against big tech platforms like Google’s YouTube.The blockbuster hitmaker of the 1970s testified online from his home before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee weighing possible changes to a 1998 copyright law.
The law allows holders of copyrighted material to formally ask parties they believe have taken their content without permission to remove it.