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Subject:    [DMCA_Discuss] Congressional Hearing Called on Fair Use
From:       Vladimir Katalov <vkatalov () elcomsoft ! com>
Date:       2004-05-05 10:26:22
Message-ID: 539637156.20040505142622 () elcomsoft ! com
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Congressional Hearing Called on Fair Use
Posted May 4, 2004  

http://www.emedialive.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=8493

A Congressional Hearing for H.R. 107, the Digital Media Consumers'
Rights Act (DMCRA), has been set for Wednesday, May 12, at 10:00 AM
Eastern. The DMCRA has been acknowledged and endorsed by major
industry players like Intel Corp., Philips Consumer Electronics, Sun
Microsystems, Bell South, Verizon, SBC, Qwest, Gateway, and the
Consumer Electronics Association, among others, as a necessary
balancing mechanism to restore consumers' fair use rights in the
digital era. The hearing will take place before the House Subcommittee
on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection in Room 2123 of the
Rayburn House Office Building.
 
The DMCRA, introduced by Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and John Doolittle
(R- CA) and co-sponsored by House Energy and Commerce Committee
Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX), would re-affirm consumer fair use rights
and balance the otherwise one-sided protection afforded copyright
owners under current interpretations of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA).

321 Studios Founder and President Robert Moore has been asked to
testify at this historic fair use Congressional hearing. 321 Studios
is the developer of the DVDXCOPY series of DVD backup software--a
product now banned in the United States after a group of Hollywood
studios sued the company, and two federal judges decided that DVDXCOPY
was in violation of the 1998 DMCA.

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