In light of the decision in Eldred v. Ashcroft, it seems timely to remember
these legislative efforts:
"Hoping to push Hollywood's antipiracy message off center stage in
Washington, a Silicon Valley congresswoman introduced a bill ... designed
to protect the rights of consumers to make copies of digital music, movies
and books for personal use. The bill, called the Digital Choice and
Freedom Act, along with a similar bill scheduled to be introduced... will
"help to retard the growth of efforts to roll over consumers' rights," said
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose...
...Rep. Rich Boucher, D-Va., has scheduled a news conference today to
introduce a similar bill that he said has the support of technology
powerhouses such as Intel and Sun Microsystems. Among other changes,
Boucher's bill would amend provisions of the 1998 copyright act that make
it illegal to hack copyright-protection technology even if it is done to
make legal copies. The bill would also require record companies to add
labels on CDs that have special copy-prevention technology..."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/10/03/BU220831.DTL&type=business
Amalyah Keshet
Director of Image Resources & Copyright Management
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem www.imj.org.il
Board of Directors, the Museum Computer Network www.mcn.edu
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