In The News

["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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The Hill's property rights showdown
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, June 22, 2004
http://news.com.com/The+Hill's+property+rights+showdown/2008-1025_3-5243241.html

"WASHINGTON--The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is under siege. For
the first time since it was enacted in 1998, the DMCA has become the
target of a large and growing number of critics seeking to defang the
controversial law. The legislation says Americans aren't permitted to
circumvent encryption guarding certain digital media products--even if
the purpose is to make a backup copy of a computer program or DVD."
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Tech-heavy coalition supports fair-use legislation: Support grows to
allow making a limited number of copies of restricted products
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service, June 22, 2004  
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/06/22/HNfairuse_1.html

"WASHINGTON - A group of technology vendors, consumer rights groups and
Internet service providers (ISPs) have banded together to support
18-month-old U.S. House legislation that would allow consumers to make
personal copies of copyrighted digital products, including movies and
music."
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Copyright excesses worry teachers, scholars
By Corey Murray, eSchool News, June 22, 2004
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=5118

"When digital video first streamed into schools, many predicted it would
one day revolutionize teaching and learning. But the threat of lawsuits
and new copy-protection technologies are keeping educators from
exercising their legal right to use portions of video and other digital
media in the classroom, warned scholars and legal experts at a June 18
summit."
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Ruling:
CoStar Group v. Loopnet.
ISPS NOT LIABLE FOR PASSIVE COPYING
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/circs/4th/031911p.pdf
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Studios, movie theaters offer rewards to thwart piracy 
By Assiciated Press, Siliconvalley.com, Jun. 21, 2004
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/8977408.htm

"LOS ANGELES - Film studios and movie theaters are joining forces to
offer rewards of up to $500 to theater employees who nab people using
camcorders to record films."
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ACA calls for mod-chip legalisation; copyright fair use
By Andrew Colley, ZDNet Australia, 21 June 2004
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39151107,00.htm

"The Australian Consumers Association today recommended legalising the
use of mod-chips as it cautiously greeted a recent proposal to introduce
a levy on digital recording media and devices.  Music industry analyst,
Phil Tripp, put the proposal for the levy -- which included changes to
the Copyright Act to safeguard consumer's rights to copy digital content
for personal use to music industry associations earlier this month."
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