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06-05-05, 02:25 AM | #1 |
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Reform (HR 1201)
Those of us who live in the United States should consider supporting DMCA reform under HR 1201.
The following article was published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. If you are a U.S. resident please consider using the EFF Action Center link below to indicate your support of this important consumer rights protection reform of the DMCA. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has been wreaking havoc on consumers' fair use rights for the past seven years. Now Congress is considering the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act (DMCRA, HR 1201), a bill that would reform part of the DMCA and formally protect the "Betamax defense" relied on by so many innovators. HR 1201 would give citizens the right to circumvent copy-protection measures as long as what they're doing is otherwise legal. For example, it would make sure that when you buy a CD, whether it is copy-protected or not, you can record it onto your computer and move the songs to an MP3 player. It would also protect a computer science professor who needs to bypass copy-protection to evaluate encryption technology. In addition, the bill would codify the Betamax defense, which has been under attack by the entertainment industry through the "Induce Act" last year and the MGM v. Grokster case currently before the Supreme Court. This kind of sanity would be a welcome change to our copyright law. Last year we sent 30,000+ letters of support for the DMCRA, and the bill got a hearing on Capitol Hill. It's time to double that number - take action at the link below, then urge your friends and family to support HR 1201, too! Make your voice heard with the EFF Action Center: http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=115 (Note: U.S. Residents Only) Source: EFFector Vol. 18, No. 14 May 5, 2005 A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation ISSN 1062-9424 Link: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/003536.php
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Copyright means the copy of the CD/DVD burned with no errors. I will never spend a another dime on content that I can’t use the way I please. If I can’t copy it to my hard drive and play it using the devices I want, when and where I want, I won’t be buying it. Period. They can all take their DRM, broadcast flags, rootkits, and Compact Discs that aren’t really compact discs and shove them up their bottom-lines. |
06-05-05, 08:55 AM | #2 | |
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Thanks for the heads up, Drakonix. Here's the letter I sent:
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07-05-05, 06:27 AM | #3 | |
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07-05-05, 09:59 AM | #4 |
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Thank you. It's basically the original form letter interpreted in my own words. I was tempted to rewrite the whole thing but I didn't want to miss any of the points they covered. My guess is that congressmen look for two things when they sort their mail: one is the sheer number of opinions they get on a specific subject, and the other is the personalized views that they might be able to use as anecdotes if and when they get a chance to talk about it on the House floor. But if they don't get a combination of both then the issue might never get past the mail screeners to the congressman's desk. That's my theory anyway.
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07-05-05, 10:42 AM | #5 |
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I sent the generic one as well.
I think what is really important is that as many people as possible make their representatives aware that they are concerned about the issue. What we don't want is the RIAA/MPAA to have the only or loudest voice in our representative's ears.
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Copyright means the copy of the CD/DVD burned with no errors. I will never spend a another dime on content that I can’t use the way I please. If I can’t copy it to my hard drive and play it using the devices I want, when and where I want, I won’t be buying it. Period. They can all take their DRM, broadcast flags, rootkits, and Compact Discs that aren’t really compact discs and shove them up their bottom-lines. |
07-05-05, 02:39 PM | #6 |
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good letter mazer. i'll put it in next week's wir. since congress can't begin to read the volume of email (and spam) they receive and since they are a bit touchy about opening physical packages (like snail mail), i'm often told faxes and phone calls are the best way to get heard in washington short of going to their offices.
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