Future of Music Summit · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by michael on Monday January 7, 2002 @12:21AM from the retina-scans-required-to-turn-on-car-radio dept.

DotcomScoop writes: "We were provided with a copy of the letter sent by Congressman Rick Boucher to RIAA head Hilary Rosen and IFPI head Jay Berman questioning the legality of copy-protecting CDs. 'I am particularly concerned that some of these technologies may prevent or inhibit consumer home recording using recorders and media covered by the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 (AHRA),' Boucher writes. We've summarized the letter in a story and CNET also has coverage. Monday is the kick-off of the two-day Future Of Music Policy Summit, which includes keynotes or panels from Boucher, Rosen, Napster CEO Konrad Hilbers, Nirvana's Krist Novoselic, Fugazi's Ian MacKaye and the National Writer Union's Jonathan Tasini, among others." We already posted a story about the Boucher letter, but it can't hurt to mention it again.

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Re:Music was my first love, and it will be my last by Britney · 2002-01-07 00:45 · Score: 0, Offtopic

How's Washington?
D.C. al Fine!

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My new CD doesn't play under XP by dunstan · 2002-01-07 01:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I just bought a new CD, and it doesn't play on my XP machine. Aren't Microsoft shite.

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Re:Music was my first love, and it will be my last by Legion303 · 2002-01-07 04:04 · Score: 1, Offtopic

That's not punny
-Legion