Here's Boucher talking about this bill as far back as July 2001: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02308.html I've put the text of the Boucher bill here: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/boucher.dmca.amend.100302.pdf A similar bill, though not as widely supported, introduced by Rep. Lofgren is here: http://www.house.gov/lofgren/press/107press/021002_act.htm News article on Lofgren bill: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-960531.html -Declan --- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-960731.html By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com October 3, 2002, 4:44 PM PT A proposal to defang a controversial copyright law became public on Thursday, after more than a year of anticipation and months of closed-door negotiations with potential supporters. Formally titled the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act, the new bill represents the boldest counterattack yet on recent expansions of copyright law that have been driven by entertainment industry firms worried about Internet piracy. The bill, introduced by Reps. Rick Boucher, D-Va., and John Doolittle, R-Calif., would repeal key sections of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It would also require anyone selling copy-protected CDs to include a "prominent and plainly legible" notice that the discs include anti-piracy technology that could render them unreadable on some players. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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