November 22, 2004
Senate Copyright Bill Passes In Improved Form
News.com has the story; here’s the bill in full; PublicKnowledge is generally favorable, though see previous criticism of the ART Act not allowing fair use defenses. The bill makes it a criimanl offense to record a movie in a theatre or to distribute a work online before its commercial release. It also protects companies like ClearPlay and the consumer uses they enable from copyright and trademark infringement suits, and reauthorizes the National Film Preservation Board.
Declan discusses why the entertainment industries haven’t been getting what they want recently. Take note again of how much better the public interest is being represented today than just a few years ago. Still playing a lot of defense, but at least it’s relatively successful defense.
Filed by Derek Slater at 2:34 pm under General news
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