[lug] FW: EFFector 15.16: ALERT: Sing Out Against The CBDTPA

[Crawford Rainwater]

Seems the CBDTPA is poking its head up again...
Feel free to respond as you wish.

--- Crawford

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> EFFector       Vol. 15, No. 16,       May 28th, 2002     editors at eff.org
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> A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation     ISSN 1062-9424
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> In the 216th Issue of EFFector:
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>     *    ALERT: Sing Out Against The CBDTPA
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> Sing Out Against The CBDTPA
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> Electronic Frontier Foundation ACTION ALERT
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> (Issued: May 28, 2002 / Expires: June 28, 2002)
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> Imagine a world where all digital media technology is controlled by
> Congress and Hollywood. Senator Ernest Hollings and a powerful group of
> Hollywood entertainment interests are pushing Congress to pass an
> anti-consumer bill called the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television
> Promotion Act (CBDTPA) to bring just such a world into existence. The
> CBDTPA promises a world where your ability to use the digital media that
> you buy may be severely limited. Legal freedoms that you have long
> enjoyed could drastically change. If CBDTPA passes, you may not be able
> to:
>
>     *    Play your CDs on your desktop computer
>     *    Create legal copies or mp3s of the music that you own to play in
> your car, or listen to while you exercise
>     *    Create mix-CDs of music you've paid for
>
> This is not the way copyright law is supposed to work. The Betamax
> decision, handed down by the Supreme Court in 1984, established the
> principle of "substantial non-infringing uses" - if a technology (such
> as a VCR) can be used for legitimate copying, such as time shifting or
> home viewing, the fact that the technology can also be used for
> copyright infringement does not make the technology illegal. The Betamax
> principle allows technologists to create tools that can be used for
> good, even if they can be used in other ways. The CBDTPA breaks the
> delicate balance reached between copyright holders and those making fair
> uses of copyrighted works. This bill, and other attempts by Hollywood to
> curtail your rights, must be stopped.
>
> What YOU Can Do Now: This is YOUR chance to voice your opposition to
> CBDTPA. - Subscribe to the new EFF Action Center and send your member of
> Congress an email, letter or fax. You can take action by going to:
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