MESSAGE
| DATE | 2004-01-24 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: [nylug-talk] Coble Bill, making FACTS "Intellectual Property", passed by committee!
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Bill Sponsors - BTW - with the current political climate on these issues, I have no doubt this is going to pass.
Rep Delahunt, William D. - 11/20/2003 [MA-10]
Rep Greenwood, James C. - 10/8/2003 [PA-8]
Rep Hobson, David L. - 10/8/2003 [OH-7]
Rep Portman, Rob - 11/20/2003 [OH-2]
Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. - 10/8/2003 [WI-5]
Rep Smith, Lamar - 10/8/2003 [TX-21]
Rep Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) - 10/8/2003 [LA-3]
Rep Turner, Michael R. - 11/20/2003 [OH-3]
Rep Wexler, Robert - 11/20/2003 [FL-19]
On 2004.01.24 23:18 Michael E. Smith wrote:
> The Coble Bill, long threatened alongside the Hollings SSSCA BIll,
> has made it through Committee.
>
> The Coble Bill would make facts - *FACTS* - a part of
> "Intellectual Property."
>
> "Intellectual Property" itself is a lie.
> see
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty
>
> Forwarded message from Politech:
> >
> > http://news.com.com/2100-1028-5145040.html
> > A congressional panel on Wednesday approved a proposal to curb
> > database copying, ignoring the objections of technology companies that
> > launched a last-minute lobbying campaign to kill the proposal. By a
> > 16-7 vote, the House Judiciary committee approved an intellectual
> > property bill that had been opposed by Amazon.com, AT&T, Comcast,
> > Google, Yahoo and some Internet service provider associations.
> >
>
>
> Seth Johnson has forwarded an opinion poll by the ACM for its members.
>
> > > https://www.myacm.org/opinion/poll.cfm
> >
> >
> > Member Opinion Poll
> >
> > January 22, 2004
> >
> >
> > Issue: Should proposed US Legal Protections for Collections of Data be
> > Expanded?
> >
>
> We have covered the Coble Bill and the DVD-CCA Bunner case at LXNY meetings.
>
> Example:
> Today you can copy telephone numbers from a directory - the layout can be
> copyrighted but NEVER THE FACTS.
> --
> Michael E. Smith
> General Manager, LXNY - New York's Free Computing Organization
> www.lxny.org
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