[LAW-LIB:57753] COPYRIGHT : MEDIA: Copyright Reformer Lands Key Legislative Post

From: David P. Dillard (jwne@temple.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 13 2009 - 04:17:19 PST

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    Copyright Reformer Lands Key Legislative Post

    Copyright Reformer Lands Key Legislative Post
    by Wendy Davis, Friday, January 9, 2009, 8:36 AM
    Media Post News
    Online Media Daily
    <http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?art_aid=97993&fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage>

    A shorter URL for the above link:

    <http://tinyurl.com/8edfly>

    Some digital rights advocates cheered the appointment of longtime
    copyright-reform champion Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) as chair of the House
    Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

    <snip>

    As a longtime proponent of consumers' rights to lawfully copy films, books
    and other material, Boucher is considered a likely opponent of any
    entertainment industry efforts to restrict the Web. Among other measures,
    he is likely to oppose attempts to require Internet service providers to
    filter networks for pirated material.

    Boucher also has tried to revamp the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to
    make it more consumer-friendly. Two years ago, Boucher and another
    lawmaker, John Doolittle (R-Calif.), introduced the Freedom and Innovation
    Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act (H.R. 1201), which would have
    softened the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions.

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