F.A.I.R. U.S.E. Act Aims To Clarify Copyright Limits

Freedom And Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007

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from InformationWeek [informationweek.com]

U.S. Representatives Rick Boucher (D-VA) and John Doolittle (R-CA) proposed the legislation to amend the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The 1988 landmark bill is widely seen by consumer advocacy and cyber liberties groups as favoring corporate owners of copyrighted content at the expense of consumers and fair use rights.

The most controversial aspect of the DMCA is its prohibition on circumventing digital locks measures that protect digital content.

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The FAIR USE Act addresses this issue only in specific circumstances, according to the lawmakers, in ways that "do not pose a comparable potential threat to [content owners'] business models."

hopefully some of the DMCA issues will be rectified some decade...