Hatch Pushes INDUCE Act

Posted by michael on Friday July 23, 2004 @07:53AM from the push-back dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to CNET the Senate is leaning strongly in favor of the INDUCE Act sponsored by Senator Orrin Hatch. It looks like the RIAA is making significant progress manipulating the marionette strings in Congress. MP3newswire.net states that if such laws were to pass, the record industry would become the new AMTRAK. 'Bloated and inefficient as always, but now a drain on taxpayers wallets and liberty as well'." Infoworld has a story as well. Reader CryptoEngineer writes: "Marybeth Peters, of the US Copyright Office testified recently before the Senate Judiciary committee in support of the INDUCE Act, which has been discussed here before. In summary, she thinks its not strong enough. Among other things, she proposed scrapping the Betamax decision, which makes it legal to timeshift TV shows with a VCR. Analysis here."

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Time to send a message . . . by harley_frog · 2004-07-23 08:04 · Score: 5, Informative

To your Senators.

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It's all fun and games until someone loses the key to the handcuffs.
Re:Powerful incentives (and interests) by stripe · 2004-07-23 08:27 · Score: 5, Informative

Sponsers/supporters of the Bill

Orrin G. Hatch
Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont
Bill Frist
Tom Daschle
Lindsey Graham
Barbara Boxer

If Ms Boxer is up for relection, I am voting for anyone that has a chance to replace her now.