Another call for a new digital copyright law

[Lloyd Davidson <ldavids@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 From Slate's Todays Papers:

Using the Viacom lawsuit against Google as a hook, the WSJ's Walter 
Mossberg says it is unacceptable that consumers have to guess whether 
what they're doing online violates copyright law. Mossberg argues 
that Congress needs to pass a new digital copyright law that would 
protect the average consumer and "draw a line between modest sharing 
of a few songs or video clips and the real piracy of mass 
distribution."

WSJ link to full article:

http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB117452094467244796-o__iG26sDKdHa_cPBr2vmb4dsjY_20080321.html


  March 22, 2007

PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY
By WALTER S. MOSSBERG
DOW JONES REPRINTS

Congress Must Make
Clear Copyright Laws
To Protect Consumers

Excerpt: ~
>We need a new digital copyright law that would draw a line between 
>modest sharing of a few songs or video clips and the real piracy of 
>mass distribution. We need a new law that would define fair use for 
>the digital era and lay out clearly the rights of consumers who pay 
>for digital content, as well as the rights and responsibilities of 
>Internet companies.
>
>If you don't like all of the restrictions on the use of digital 
>content, the solution isn't to steal the stuff. A better course is 
>to pressure Congress to pass a new copyright law, one that protects 
>the little guy and the Internet itself.
--
Lloyd Davidson, Ph.D.
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