5 Jul
2004
5 Jul
'04
5:47 p.m.
The DMCRA, proposed by Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and John Doolittle (R- CA) and co-sponsored by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX), would re-affirm consumer fair use rights and balance the otherwise one-sided protection afforded copyright owners under current interpretations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
http://www.house.gov/boucher/docs/dmcrahandout.htm http://www.progress.org/2004/patent13.htm http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.107:
EFF is asking consumers to take action on it. If you have friends in the US please ask them to sign http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2224
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Anand Babu
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