Good news and a call for action. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG ________________________________
From: [email protected] on behalf of Jonathan Band Sent: Sat 27/09/2008 14:06 To: Friends of Lawful Use Subject: [LawfulUse] OW Legislation passes the Senate (resend) Friends, thanks to your rapid support for the orphan works legislation (the current list of supporters is below), the Senate adopted S. 2913 last night by unanimous consent. The action now shifts to the House, which may consider the legislation this weekend. The key is convincing Chairman Berman and Chairman Conyers to allow the bill passed by the Senate to be placed on the suspension calendar. The MPAA erected a significant obstacle yesterday by sending the attached letter raising "critical concerns" with the bill. The MPAA's claim of critical concerns is particularly galling because an MPAA representative sat at the table when the bill was being negotiated in the 109th Congress and never raised any of these concerns. The library associations have sent action alerts to their thousands of members urging them to contact their Congressmen. Universities around the country are also contacting their Representatives. We urge you to call or fax your Congressman this weekend to express support for S. 2913. And if you live anywhere in California or Michigan, you should also contact Berman and Conyers, even if you do not live or work in their districts. Jonathan Band PLLC [MCN 2008 speaker] policybandwidth 21 Dupont Circle NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 voice: 202-296-5675 fax: 202-872-0884 email: jband at policybandwidth.com web: www.policybandwidth.com American Association of Law Libraries American Library Association Association of American Publishers Association of American Universities Association of American University Presses Association of Art Museum Directors Association of Research Libraries Association of Public Television Stations Center for Democracy and Technology College Art Association Computer & Communications Industry Association Digital Freedom Coalition Home Recording Rights Coalition Library of Congress Medical Library Association National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, A Public University Association NetCoalition Public Knowledge Software and Information Industry Association Special Libraries Association
