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Fair Use Bill Introduced To Change DMCA
An anonymous reader tips us to a Washington Post blogger's note that Representatives Boucher (D-VA) and Dolittle (R-CA) today introduced the FAIR USE Act to update the DMCA to "make it easier for digital media consumers to use the content they buy." Boucher's statement on the bill says, "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act dramatically tilted the copyright balance toward complete copyright protection at the expense of the public's right to fair use..." The Post failed to note the history. Boucher has been introducing this bill for years; here are attempts from 2002 and 2003. The chances may be better in this Congress. And reader Rolling maul writes in to note Ars's disappointment with the bill for leaving the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions intact: "Yet again, the bill does not appear to deliver on what most observers want: clear protection for making personal use copies of encrypted materials. There is no allowance for consumers to make backups of DVDs, to strip encryption from music purchased online so that it can be played anywhere, or to generally do any of the things that the DMCA has made illegal."
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I am not a musician. I listen to music. Music is now free on the Internet for people that know how to download it. For people that don't know and don't know about ripping CDs, they buy music downloads that are crippled.
This might even the playing field so all music is free for everyone.
I have no interest in supporting any artist - they play music because they like it. If they can find people to pay them to do this, great. Otherwise, get a job and play music on weekends.
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