What copy rights?

What copy rights? is an editorial from The Mercury News that says a record of 0-3 in the courts is not heartening; for copyright reformers, it’s a signal to turn up the heat in Washington. If the courts won’t uphold consumers’ rights, then Congress, which created the problem by passing a bad copyright law, must.

Last year, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren of San Jose introduced a bill that would explicitly allow purchasers of digital works to use them in the same ways that courts have said they could use videotapes and records. The latest court decision should prod Congress to get off the dime and pass it.

March 2, 2004 by Uncategorized 0

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