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Tuesday 16 July 2002 |
Lawmakers: Keep your tunes to yourself - Tech News - CNET.com. (SOURCE:Mac Net Journal)-Curtailing fair use is of course, ridiculous! this nonsense must be stopped now.The first part of their proposal, which would limit backup copies, has already drawn objections from academics and nonprofit groups that have reviewed it.
Under current copyright law, Americans who record a TV program or radio segment generally may "sell or otherwise dispose of" that analog recording or digital file as they wish.
The proposed bill would end that exemption, handing copyright owners substantial new control over the distribution of their works by curtailing copying rights granted to consumers under a doctrine known as "fair use."
"If you were to take today's episode of 'E.R.' and tape it and give it to your mother, it would be copyright infringement under this bill," said Jessica Litman, a professor at Wayne State University who specializes in copyright law. [Roland Tanglao's Weblog]
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Nice people, not the greatest neighborhood (litotes). Noticed a ding in my car; probably from Atlantic City.
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