Request for comments: relationship between online copyrighted works and innovation in the Internet economy

[Bryan Carson <bryan.m.carson@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear colleagues:



Please excuse cross-posting. I thought that some of you might want to know
about this Notice of Inquiry from the Department of Commerce seeking
comments "on the challenges of protecting copyrighted works online and the
relationship between copyright law and innovation in the Internet economy."
The due date is November 19.



For more information, please see the notice in the Federal Register:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-24863.pdf



You may also want to look at the National Internet Policy Task Force
webpage: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/internetpolicytaskforce.



Questions in the NOI are under the following categories:



(1)    Rights Holders: Protection and Detection Strategies for Online
Infringement;

(2)    Internet Intermediaries: Safe Harbors and Responsibilities; and

(3)    Internet Users: Consumers of Online Works and User-Generated Content.




Further questions include:

         i.            What restrictions are there on the global free flow
of information on the Internet due to government laws or regulations?;

       ii.            What are the economic impacts of government
restrictions on the free flow of information?; and

      iii.            Are there alternatives to government-mandated
restrictions on the flow of information on the Internet that can realize
legitimate policy objectives?



Bryan M. Carson



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