New Copyright law
What is the impactof the new copyright passed by the house yesterday on the likes of PG, Ockerbloom, and other sites, not to mention the minions. ??? N Wolcott nwolcott2@post.harvard.edu
From: "N Wolcott" <nwolcott@dsdial.net>
What is the impactof the new copyright passed by the house yesterday on the likes of PG, Ockerbloom, and other sites, not to mention the minions. ???
Since you were'nt more specific, I had to hit the web to try to figure out which law you were talking about. The only thing I could find that seemed to fit the bill was this: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5677232.html In a nutshell, it allows prison terms of up to three years for possessing even a single copy of a work that hasn't been commercially released, regardless of whether it has been shared. It has not a jot of impact on PG, unless we're planning on putting prerelease copyrighted works on the site, and I missed that discussion. This isn't a "copyright law" in the sense of changing copyright standards in any way, it just increases the penalty for what was already a violation. Since PG is extremely conscientious about copyright, this doesn't matter to our work (it may or may not matter to individuals.) It does show a general attitude of clampdown, but I think we were all already well aware of that pervasive attitude in virtually all governmental bodies these days. Dave Doty
On Apr 20, 2005, at 8:34 AM, Dave Doty wrote:
From: "N Wolcott" <nwolcott@dsdial.net>
What is the impactof the new copyright passed by the house yesterday on the likes of PG, Ockerbloom, and other sites, not to mention the minions. ???
Since you were'nt more specific, I had to hit the web to try to figure out which law you were talking about. The only thing I could find that seemed to fit the bill was this:
The bill has some other interesting provisions, notably allowing the use of third party technology to skip offensive material when a film is shown in a home: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,67269,00.html The use of devices like ClearPlay has been opposed by filmmakers who do not want their movies getting bleeped or pixellated. I think the most interesting question is whether a device like ClearPlay is in fact a circumvention device for DMCA purposes. If so, I think this is the first time the DMCA anti-circumvention provisions have been weakened by Congress. I'm not quite sure what to make of this just yet, particularly since it raises the penalty substantially for sharing materials that were never commercially released. I does make me slightly optimistic to see Congress realizing that the DMCA and other extensions of copyright do limit how people can use the works they purchase in the way they want. This email message may contain information that is confidential and proprietary to Babcock & Brown or a third party. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original and any copies of the original message. Babcock & Brown takes measures to protect the content of its communications. However, Babcock & Brown cannot guarantee that email messages will not be intercepted by third parties or that email messages will be free of errors or viruses. If you do not wish to receive any further e-mail from Babcock & Brown, please send an email to opt-out@babcockbrown.com.
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