Subject: [Fwd: EFFector 17.26: Action Alert - Induce Act Hearing Rescheduled - Keep Up the Pressure!] From: "Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:15:05 -0400 |
FYI... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: EFFector 17.26: Action Alert - Induce Act Hearing Rescheduled - Keep Up the Pressure! Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:11:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Effector List <alerts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ofrancois@xxxxxxxx : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . * Action Alert: Induce Act Hearing Rescheduled - Keep Up the Pressure! The Senate Judiciary Committee has taken the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act (Induce Act, S.2560) off the fast track, scheduling a hearing on the bill next Thursday. This is good news for the public, but the recording industry is going on the offensive, turning up its rhetoric in an effort to scare common sense out of the debate. In a letter sent to the Judiciary Committee and all 100 senators, RIAA president Mitch Bainwol insists that critics of the bill are missing the point, and that the Induce Act is a "moral behavioral test that targets the bad guys." But the wording of the legislation itself doesn't support Bainwol's claims. By making it illegal to "aid, abet, or induce copyright infringement," the Induce Act could make companies liable for violations committed by their customers. This extends liability so far that it threatens both current and future technologies. Under the Induce Act, creators of the next iPod or VCR would be forced to subject themselves to approval from every major copyright holder before even getting to market. That's too high a price to pay to satisfy the recording industry in its witch-hunt for peer-to-peer file sharing. More than 6,000 EFF supporters have already written to their senators to stop the Induce Act from giving copyright holders this kind of veto power over new technologies. Now it's time to turn up the volume. Forward this message to five of your friends, family members, or co-workers, and ask them to support copyright balance, not copyright bullies. Send a letter to stop the Induce Act today: <http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2918> * miniLinks miniLinks features noteworthy news items from around the Internet. ~ Fair Use or "Fair and Balanced" Lawrence Lessig's recent op-ed on the fair use argument for using clips from Fox News to criticize its reporting: <http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/variety.pdf> ~ Understanding the Media Monopoly A great introduction to the FCC's controversial media ownership rules (or lack thereof). Required reading: <http://www.sfbg.com/38/42/cover_freepress.html> ~ Big Content/Big Tech Form New DRM Consortium The new conglomeration will focus on finding ways to jam Hollywood-friendly restrictions into home networks: <http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5268315.html>
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