[Fwd: EFFector 17.17: Action Alert - DMCA Reform Gains Momentum - Stand Up for the Public's Rights!]

["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

FYI...

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: EFFector 17.17: Action Alert - DMCA Reform Gains Momentum -
Stand Up for the Public's Rights!
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 13:05:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Effector List <alerts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ofrancois@xxxxxxxx

EFFector    Vol. 17, No. 17    May 11, 2004          donna@xxxxxxx

 : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . 


*DMCA Reform Gains Momentum - Stand Up for the Public's Rights 
in Digital Media!

DMCA reform is on the move.  Almost 30,000 EFF supporters sent 
letters to Congress in support of legislation that would amend the 
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and require record 
companies to label use-restricted CDs.  Now, Congress is listening.  
On Wednesday, May 12th, a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce
Committee will hold a hearing on H.R. 107, also known as the 
Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act (DMCRA).

This is the furthest that a DMCA reform bill has ever gotten in
Congress.  A favorable subcommittee hearing is necessary before the 
DMCRA is eligible for a vote in front of the House of 
Representatives.  Send a letter urging your representative to 
co-sponsor the DMCRA and stand up for the public's rights to use 
digital media! 

Make your voice heard with EFF's Action Center:
<http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2901>

Join EFF today:
<https://secure.eff.org/>

Extra: EFF Senior Intellectual Property Attorney Fred von Lohmann 
will attend the hearing.  Tune in on Wednesday to EFF's Deep Links 
weblog for his post-hearing notes and commentary:
<http://blogs.eff.org/deeplinks>