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Digital Media Consumer Rights Act

Posted by Hemos on from the changing-the-dmca dept.

irabinovitch writes "Representatives Rick Boucher and John Doolittle introduced the DMCRA which would to quote the EFF would "require labelling requirements for usage-impaired "copy-protected" compact discs, as well as several amendments to 1998's infamous Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)." We always seem to complain about the DMCA around here now is our chance to change it! Check out this "Action Alert" at the EFF."

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  1. This is gonna be fun to watch. by l33t-gu3lph1t3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh man we're gonna see just how good the highly paid lobbyists for the content industry are this week ;)

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  2. Not yet anyway by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sure they are trying to fix this...

  3. Re:Government at work... by BabyDave · · Score: 4, Funny
    If nothing else, I have to laugh at the proposed name (DMCRA). It's a poignant acronym, with just the right amount of "ha-ha" expected. Once again we have the pols battling it out against each other, with the target result being to counteract each other. For once, I hope this is achieved. To counter the DMCA with the DMCRA would raise my spirits for sure.
    But don't you see? Then they'll introduce the Digital Monopoly - Can't Rip Mp3s Act (DMCRMA), so we'll have to fight back with the Digital Manumission - Civil Rights, Media Freedom Act (DMCRMFA), which they'll counter with the Digital Moguls Control, Rule, Manipulate Federal Law Act (DMCRMFLA), and before you know it, we'll need 42-inch plasma screens just to fit the acronyms
  4. Re:List of Co-Sponsors of HR107 by FireBreathingDog · · Score: 2, Funny

    He realized this bill wouldn't help him get drunk or get laid, so he...pulled out.

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  5. Re:What can I do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    I'm not american, I have no money (unemployed)


    Why am I not shocked...
  6. First it was cigarettes... by Hubert_Shrump · · Score: 1, Funny

    With the warning labels, then music with the 'explicit lyrics' label...

    In another few years, there'll be so many warning labels we'll have to play 20 questions with the clerk to figure out what's in the box.

    Is it known in the state of California to cause drowsiness?

    No.

    Is it car headlights?

    No, that would be known in the state of Hawaii to cause blindness.

    Oh yeah. Umm...

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  7. Not a good enough name... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The DMCRA is just a little too close to DMCA. I mean seriously, the r key is right above the a key. It looks like a typo!

    What it needs is another couple of letters on the end. How about c and k? C could stand for 'concerning' and the k could stand for... well shit, I'm not that intelligent so I'll get to the point. I just want the acronym to be 'DMCRACK'.

  8. Re:Government at work... by indiigo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll bet he can't wait to get a drink from Mr. Motherfucking Shit, too!

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  9. Clearly to pass it they need a more hokey name. by sulli · · Score: 2, Funny
    Hell, even names that had no real significance on their own (Comprehensive Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act = COBRA) are memorable with the right acronym. And everyone wants to be patriotic.

    So maybe we need the United Support of Artists via Free Legal Access to Great music act. Then its opponents can be easily bashed as unpatriotic. You don't want to be a FLAG burner, do you? Fox News would love it.

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