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H.R. 1201 Create exceptions to DCMA

Rep Boucher, Rick

TAGS: dcma, fair use, copywrite, digital rights management

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DMCA Went WAY overboard

by MartyHeyman on Mar 4, 2007 19:33:29

This returns us to decriminalization while we work up the public support to roll Intellectual Property rights back to incentives for innovators from guaranteeing monopoly revenues to Capital that had little or nothing to do with the actual innovation.

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Summary

This bill allows the circumvention of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions for 12 specific purposes, including news reporting, research, commentary, and criticism. This bill also limits statutory damages for secondary liability for copyright violations for sellers of software tools and devices.

This bill's official title is the Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007 and it has been branded the FAIR USE Act. .

Background

The 1998 DCMA legislation severely restricted the ability of consumers to exercise "fair use" on digital media.

Political Context

Unlike previous versions of this legislation, H.R. 1201 (110) does not contain provisions which allow a fair use defense to the act of circumvention. The EFF supports this bill./2/ The Consumer Electronics Association supports this bill.(PR)
The RIAA opposes it. /3/

Additional Links

/1/ Rep. Boucher "Reps. Boucher and Doolittle Introduce the FAIR USE Act of 2007" Press Release 2/27/07
/2/ EFF H.R. 1201 Action Page
/3/ Tech Law Prof Blog "FAIR USE Bill Introduced in Congress" 2/28/07

<h1>Summary</h1>  This bill allows the circumvention of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions for 12 specific purposes, including news reporting, research, commentary, and criticism. This bill also limits statutory damages for secondary liability for copyright violations for sellers of software tools and devices.
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<br />This bill's official title is <em> the Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007 </em> and it has been branded the <em> FAIR USE Act. </em>.
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<h1>Background</h1> The 1998 DCMA legislation severely restricted the ability of consumers to exercise "fair use" on digital media. 
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<h1>Political Context</h1> Unlike previous versions of this legislation, H.R. 1201 (110) does not contain provisions which allow a fair use defense to the act of circumvention. The EFF supports this bill./2/  The Consumer Electronics Association supports this bill.(<a href="http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/331066.html">PR</a>)
<br />The RIAA opposes it. /3/
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<h1>Additional Links</h1> /1/ Rep. Boucher <a href="http://www.boucher.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1011&Itemid=75">"Reps. Boucher and Doolittle Introduce the FAIR USE Act of 2007"</a> Press Release 2/27/07
<br />/2/ EFF H.R. 1201 <a href="http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=271">Action Page</a> 
<br />/3/ Tech Law Prof Blog <a href="http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/tech_law_prof/2007/02/fair_use_bill_i.html">"FAIR USE Bill Introduced in Congress"</a> 2/28/07

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