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New RIAA/MPAA "Customary Historic Use" Plan

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the evil-written-all-over-it dept.

Random_Transit writes "Ars Technica is reporting that the EFF has dug up plans by the RIAA/MPAA to stifle the consumer electronics market by replacing it's "fair use" policy with something called "Customary Historic Use". This new policy would effectively keep anyone from inventing any new type of media device without the RIAA/MPAA's say-so."

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  1. This is necessary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    It may sound draconian, but copyright simply can't be enforced without this kind of legislation. This is absolutely the logical conclusion once you go down the copyright path.


    Of course, some might say that the existence of copyright in the first place is indefensible, and who really cares about the details?