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Bush Signs a New Fair-Use Bill

Posted by timothy on from the small-steps dept.

BostonGunNut writes "Today President Bush signed a bill that gives legal protection to companies that provide software that can automatically filter specific content from DVDs for personal use. This bill, called the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act, allows companies to provide filtering software without being sued into oblivion by Hollywood. The legislation also allows the Library of Congress to save and protect old movies and home videos that might otherwise be lost."

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  1. Family Entertainment and Copyright Act Legislation by BandwidthHog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Glad to see Congress is finally being a bit more honest about their backronyms.

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  2. Great idea... by Dr.+Bent · · Score: 3, Funny

    Me: "Ok, so lets see if I can make a "clean" copy of this DVD..."

    Software: HELLO, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO FILTER?

    [ ] Sexual Content
    [ ] Violence
    [ ] Adult Language
    [X] FBI Copyright Warning

    Me: Perfect! Just the way I want it. Anyone have a blank DVD?

  3. Re:Wish these were rights I want, or could agree w by GreyWolf3000 · · Score: 4, Funny
    I sympathize with you, but look on the bright side...

    We can finally watch Episode 1 without Jar Jar in it!

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  4. Re:Wish these were rights I want, or could agree w by Phillup · · Score: 2, Funny

    culturally significant

    Like the Paris Hilton video?

    I think that qualifies as a "home movie"...

    ;-)

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