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ALA supports efforts to amend the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA) and to urge the courts to restore the balance in copyright law,
ensure fair use and protect and extend the public domain.
"Don't INDUCE" Bill
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Alternative to “INDUCE
Act” (click on link, then scroll down)
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The proposed alternative to S. 2560 would establish a new subsection of the
Copyright Act that would impose liability on any person who actively distributes
in commerce a computer program that is specifically designed for use by individuals
to engage in the indiscriminate, mass infringing distribution to the public
of copyrighted works with the intent to reap financial gain by doing so. The
draft bill provides complete exemptions from liability for ISPs, venture capitalists,
credit card companies, banks, advertising agencies, IT help desks, and others
for providing routine services for their customers and librarians for serving
their patrons. The signers of the August 24th letter to the Senate have stated
that they do not see a need for new copyright legislation, but have offered
an alternative for further discussions.
"Digital
Media Consumers’ Rights Act of 2003" (DMCRA) (H.R. 107)
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Sponsors: Reps. Boucher (D-VA), Doolittle (R-CA)
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Introduction: January 7, 2003
- Proposes 3 key changes to sections of the flawed Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA)
- The bill reaffirms fair use in the digital environment and is an important
first step in recognizing the rights of copyright users
- Hearing held May 12 by House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee
see also Fair
Use Legislation
"Consumers,
Schools and Libraries Digital Rights Management Awareness Act of 2003" (S. 1621)
- Sponsor: Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)
- Introduction: September 16, 2003
- Creates voluntary notice and labeling standards for digital media products
using digital rights management (DRM) technology
- Prevents manufacturers from using DRM technologies to restrict consumer
resale of digital media products they lawfully own or elect to donate to educational
institutions and libraries
see also Digital
Rights Management
"Public
Domain Enhancement Act" (H.R. 2601)
- Sponsor: Reps. Lofgren (D-CA), Doolittle (R-CA)
- Introduction: June 25, 2003
Provides a simple mechanism to ensure that abandoned copyrighted works pass
into the public domain
see also Public
Domain Enhancement Act
"Public
Access to Science Act" (H.R. 2613)
- Sponsor: Rep. Martin Sabo (D-MN)
- Introduction: June 26, 2003
Works resulting from substantially federally funded "scientific research"
would be excluded from copyright protection
see also Open
Access to Research
"Benefit
Authors without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations Act of 2003,"
("BALANCE Act") H.R. 1066
- Sponsor: Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
- Introduction: March 4, 2003
Bill proposes to protect fair use, allow first sale rights of digital content
and provides for permissible circumvention to enable fair use and consumer expectations
see also Fair
Use Legislation
"Digital
Consumer Right to Know Act" (S. 692)
- Sponsor: Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Introduction: March 24, 2003
- Requires producers of information and entertainment content to inform consumers
about technological features that would restrict their use of the content
- Requires Federal Trade Commission to issue rules for disclosing technological
measures that restrict consumer use
see also Fair
Use Legislation
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