Congress To Address Digital Music

camusflage writes: "MSNBC has an article that says Representatives Rick Boucher and Chris Cannon are set to introduce legislation that will attempt to control how copyright law treats digital music, and how royalties for it are paid. Among the things the legislation is said to address is what constitutes archival and incidental copying, in-store samples, and 'extending the mechanical compulsory license to Internet file-swapping.' The article goes on to say that the RIAA previously indicated openness to the licensing, while publishers and songwriters oppose it." See also ZDNet or Reuters (this link is the best summary of the bill). And if you've got the stomach to wade through copyright law, read the bill itself. Keep in mind that introducing a bill is a long long way from making any changes in the law, and even this bill doesn't necessarily solve all of the current problems with copyright law.

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Sort of off topic, but indicative of Congress

[bryan1945]

I just heard today that Congress in debating a bill to pass a law that would prohibit Congressmen/women from having affairs with their staff (read: interns). The amazing part is,there is not enough support for this law! By showing how low Congress's morals are, is there any doubt that they will pass any law, no matter how immoral and un-Constittional, as long as it lines their pockets with big bucks?