Support DMCA Reform - Help Pass HR 1201!
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: RealitY
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has been wreaking havoc on consumers' fair use rights for the past seven years. Now Congress is considering the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act (DMCRA, HR 1201), a bill that would reform part of the DMCA and formally protect the "Betamax defense" relied on by so many innovators.
HR 1201 would give citizens the right to circumvent copy-protection measures as long as what they're doing is otherwise legal. For example, it would make sure that when you buy a CD, whether it is copy-protected or not, you can record it onto your computer and move the songs to an MP3 player. It would also protect a computer science professor who needs to bypass copy-protection to evaluate encryption technology. In addition, the bill would codify the Betamax defense, which has been under attack by the entertainment industries in the "INDUCE Act" and the MGM v. Grokster case. This kind of sanity would be a welcome change to our copyright law.
Last year we sent 30,000+ letters of support for the DMCRA, and the bill got a hearing on Capitol Hill. It's time to double that number - take action at the link below, then urge your friends and family to support HR 1201, too!
:source: Link: https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=115
Posted by: twisterX
this sounds good.
Posted by: Busyman
I totally agree with this.
Posted by: erRor67
You mean making backups of your own stuff is illegal right now?? Damn..
Posted by: Busyman
You mean making backups of your own stuff is illegal right now?? Damn..
No it isn't. Breaking the encryption is.
Posted by: erRor67
Yeah, but like every new dvd and cd in the market is like encrypted.. :rolleyes:
Sorta defeats the purpose eh?
Posted by: Busyman
Yeah, but like every new dvd and cd in the market is like encrypted.. :rolleyes:
Sorta defeats the purpose eh?
DVDs yes. CDs no. Software no.
Posted by: RealitY
Think everyone that can should fill out the forum and submit it...
Posted by: Hunted
I did not have to do much filling out, do to the AutoFill feature of the Google toobar for Firefox. That's cool how it automatically emails that to your state's representative.
Posted by: ironman405
it is sound nice:)
Posted by: caesar113
I'm all aboard
Posted by: nashtu3000
i'm 100% with it, signed and delivered :p
Posted by: fred861
sorry don't live in the US otherwise i would of signed up, i'll help spread it though
Posted by: Zelucifer
There's so much more wrong with the DMCA then just the restrictions on fair use, but I'm wholeheartedly for anything that stops making half of the country criminals!
Posted by: GoldStoNe
I'm glad I don't live in USA. Our country does not have laws similar to the DMCA. In fact, I have not heard of any case being lodged against file sharers..
Posted by: loktai
Let's do this one, eh?
Posted by: wevotedno
done.thanx.
Posted by: Skizo
done.thanx.
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