Lofgren's Anti-DRM Bill

Posted by michael on Thursday October 3, 2002 @01:05AM from the trial-balloon dept.

blastedtokyo writes "House representative Zoe Lofgren introduced the Digital Choice and Freedom Act. Perhaps the most interesting section is the part that invalidates 'non-negotiable shrink wrap licenses' (EULAs) that limit rights. On top of this, it states that both digital and analog media need to be subject to fair use rules for backing up. The full text of the bill is also available." News.com.com.com.com and Infoworld have stories as well, which both note that there is no chance of these bills being passed this year.

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But this is what we all want. by 91degrees · 2002-10-03 01:19 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It looks like this guy is just fishing for votes from the tech community. Irefuse to fall for such a cynical ploy.
Re:Don't cross the beams... by N3WBI3 · 2002-10-03 01:33 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Whoops just got off a forum with no HTML tags, sorry /.

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Re:Let your congressmen(women) know you want this! by AmishSlayer · 2002-10-03 01:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic

MOD PARENT UP!!!!