Boucher Outlines ‘Fair Use’ Fight

Slashdot pointed the way to This One on U.S. Congressman Rick Boucher, who is moving to strengthen \”fair use\”
provisions under federal copyright law, said he is introducing a bill that
would essentially restrict the record industry from selling copy-protected
CDs.

He also said he would introduce a bill within the week that would update the
U.S. Copyright Office\’s Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP), which he has criticized as being mired in outdated laws that tilt against Webcasters regarding royalties on
streaming music.