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DATE | 2003-06-05 |
FROM | Ron Guerin
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SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Senator Brownback (R-Kansas) introduces Fair Use enhancing bill
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Senator wants limits on copy protection By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com June 4, 2003, 9:54 AM PT
update WASHINGTON--A conservative Republican senator said Wednesday that he has drafted a bill that would scale back the ability of record labels, movie studios and software companies to use anticopying technology.
The bill, authored by Sen. Sam Brownback, would regulate digital rights management systems, granting consumers the right to resell copy-protected products and requiring digital media manufacturers to prominently disclose to consumers the presence of anticopying technology in their products.
The Kansas Republican's bill requires that a copyright holder win a lawsuit in order to obtain the name of an alleged peer-to-peer pirate. That would amend the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which a federal court concluded enables a copyright holder to force the disclosure of a suspected pirate's identity without a judge's approval. This issue has come into play in the recording industry's recent pursuit of the identity of a Verizon Communications subscriber.
Click Here! The main thrust of the Brownback bill, however, is to slap regulations on digital rights management (DRM) technology, which has become increasingly popular tool in reducing the widespread copyright infringement on the Internet. Last month, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stressed his company's support for DRM technology. Apple Computer also uses DRM to limit how customers can reuse music that's downloaded from the iTunes Music Store. Some consumer groups argue that DRM infringes on the right to make "fair use" of copyrighted works and to back up legally purchased digital files.
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