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Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Induce Act starting to look like the idiocy it is

Wired News: Copyright Bill Needs Big Changes: "'We, along with a number of other consumer groups, are very concerned about Senate bill 2560, which we feel will quash innovation and creativity and the fair use of these technologies,' said Emily Sheketoff, executive director of the Washington, D.C., office of the American Library Association. 'The answer to protecting copyright is not to stop developing new technologies. The answer is to educate people on how to use these technologies properly and encourage people to use these technologies properly.'

'There are many legal, legitimate file-sharing activities,' Sheketoff said.

Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that Grokster and StreamCast Networks' Morpheus do not violate the law, even though some consumers use the companies' software products to violate copyright. The judges agreed that the Sony Betamax doctrine applied."

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