FC: Changes to Colorado "mini DMCA" may not fix all the problems

[Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>]

Dave runs the U.S. Internet Industry Association.

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Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 07:52:03 -0400
From: Dave McClure <dmcclure@usiia.org>
To: declan@well.com
Subject: RE: Update on Colorado "mini DMCA": Intent requirement in the works

Declan:

While I am delighted that changes to the Colorado bill will alter some
of the provisions affecting ISPs, please don't consider this in any way
a "fix" to the legislation.

It remains a stealth copyright bill, and among the provisions is
language that will:

* End fair use of copyrighted material in Colorado
* Make it a criminal offense to own an MP3 player
* Make it a criminal offense to tell someone else where to find or how
to use P2P client

The bill is still intended to classify audio and video recordings as
"Communications Services" and the studios and their distribution
channels as "Communications Service Providers."

ISPs and others would do well to do everything in their power to defeat
this bill.  If theft of cable and broadband services is a problem, fix
that problem.  You don't need helpful legislative language from the MPAA
to do that.

Regards,
Dave McClure
USIIA





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