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| DATE | 2003-02-21 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Thank you the Tony Stanco's in the world [ruben@mrbrklyn.com]
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On 2003.02.21 02:48 Ruben I Safir wrote:
News from your friends at NY Fair Use
http://fairuse.nylxs.com
This is a shitty bill... It does nothing to protect you in your home from
invasion of property and recoknizes the right for people to create systems
with spyware and property infringment devices.
Ruben
Call yopur congressman today and tell them to get off their ass and
standup for the 4th and 5th ammendment
Compromise copyright bill in works
By John Borland Staff Writer, CNET News.com February 19, 2003, 4:44 PM
PT
Opponents of Hollywood's drive to strengthen copyright law are mounting
a new strategy: Require anything that has antipiracy technology built in
to be clearly labeled and let consumers decide at the cash register.
Speaking at the Intel-sponsored Digital Rights Summit in Silicon Valley,
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said he was close to introducing a bill that
would likely require consumer-electronics devices or media such as music
CDs to be clearly labeled with explanations of any anticopying
restrictions. Several other legislators are preparing, or have already
introduced, bills that contain labeling provisions that apply to
specific devices or media such as digital televisions or audio CDs.
The nascent focus on labeling already has won the backing of key
companies such as Intel. Supporters hope that as consumers avoid the
most restrictive technologies, the broader points about the
undesirability of limiting digital media use will be made.
"I want people to walk into every store in America and see that the
product they're about to buy has restrictions," Wyden said. "Let's take
this to the marketplace."
The new strategy marks a potentially realistic middle ground between
competing legislative visions for how to control or unfetter the chaotic
world of digital media and distribution.
Previous legislative proposals, backed by some Hollywood studios, would
have required all digital media players, ranging from DVD players to
personal computers, to include built-in anticopying technology. Fear of
that measure helped deepen suspicion between entertainment producers and
Silicon Valley companies that continues to resonate today.
On the other side, legislators backed by consumer groups have introduced
proposals to roll back some of the most restrictive provisions of the
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), protecting consumers'
rights to "fair use" of digital media. Fair use is a legal defense that
allows copies of works or elements of works to be used for research,
educational and journalistic purposes, among others.
However, few political observers believe that any ambitious copyright
proposals by either side will be successful in a Congress distracted by
war and more pressing economic issues this year.
The Intel event, co-sponsored by consumer rights organization
DigitalConsumer.org, proved largely a rallying of voices opposed to the
strictest interpretations of copyright law supported by Hollywood,
record labels and other copyright holders. Several companies that are
being sued under broad interpretations of the DMCA, including a printer
cartridge maker and a manufacturer of garage door openers, explained
their lawsuits.
Stanford University law professor Larry Lessig outlined a plan for
so-called compulsory licenses for copyrighted works, a strategy that
would require movie and music companies to allow other people to use
digital works but require payment to artists and other copyright
holders. Variations of that idea are gaining traction among legal
circles opposed to Hollywood's attempts to strengthen copyright law.
"Never in our history have fewer been in a position to control more of
the creative potential of our society than now," Lessig said. "We have
to buy them off, so they don't break the Internet in the interim."
Much of the event, including discussion of the labeling proposal, was
centered on how to galvanize a broader consumer movement that would
counteract the legislative and legal drives mounted by Hollywood and
record companies.
"Intel is very supportive of consumer notification," said Donald
Whitehouse, an Intel vice president of legal and governmental affairs.
"A reasonable objective is to get consumers engaged through labeling of
content."
Wyden, who has been a supporter of expanded consumer rights in the past,
cautioned attendees that restrictions on digital media use were far from
the top of most average voters' minds, despite the issue's high profile
in Silicon Valley circles.
"As much as you all out there are consumed by this right now, most
Americans are not out there reading the advance sheets of the appeals
courts," Wyden said. "Nobody's asking about this in town meetings in my
district. We have the second-highest unemployment rate in the country,
and that's what people care about."
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