Rep. Boucher To Resurrect Digital Copyright Measure

REP BOUCHER TO RESURRECT DIGITAL COPYRIGHT MEASURE
[SOURCE: Technology Daily 1/20, AUTHOR: Andrew Noyes]
Legislation that would repeal a ban against circumventing anti-piracy technologies on digital content will be introduced before the end of February, Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) said. The bill, which failed in the 109th Congress and in previous sessions, has been championed by the Consumer Electronics Association, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge and other advocates for "fair use" of copyrighted material. Movie studios and music labels have lobbied against the measure. Rep Boucher said that he is "considering some modifications" to the bill and has not arrived at a final draft. Despite minor changes, the measure would still "empower the purchasers of digital media to make fair use of the media that they lawfully acquire," he said. The measure would uphold the landmark Betamax ruling of the Supreme Court from more than two decades ago, Rep Boucher said. The court found that devices with substantial non-infringing uses shall not be the basis for holding manufacturers legally accountable if others use the technology to infringe copyrights.
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