Boucher Introduces Fair Use Rights Bill
By Roy Mark Jan 8, 2003
Digital home recording rights became the first technology-related
legislation introduced in the 108th Congress Tuesday afternoon with the
filing of a bill intended to protect the fair use rights of consumers
purchasing copyrighted material.
Sponsored by Representatives Rick Boucher (D.-Va.) and John Doolittle
(R.-Calif.), the bill would amend two key provisions of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) which currently prohibit the
circumvention of a technical protection measure guarding access to a
copyrighted work even if the purpose of the circumvention is to exercise
traditional consumer fair use rights.
Entitled the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act (H.R. 107), the
legislation is identical to the bill introduced by Boucher last November
(H.R. 5544).
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