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RAIN: Radio and Internet Newsletter reports that the Small Webcaster Amendments Act of 2002 (a.k.a. H.R. 5469), which would have provided webcasters a “percentage of revenue” option to the “per-performance” rate determined by the Librarian of Congress, failed to reach the Senate floor on the final day of the Congressional session — reportedly the victim …
The Supreme Court transcript in Eric Eldred, et al., Petitioners v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General, No. 01-618 October 9, 2002, Wednesday, Washington, D.C., was posted here.
According to this USA Today article, the National Religious Broadcasters and the National Association Broadcasters are not pleased with the webcasting royalty rate compromise reached by the House, which may derail its chances for passage by the Senate.
This Copyright Office notice of inquiry seeks comments by December 18, 2002 on the “exemption to the prohibition on circumvention of copyright protection systems for access control technologies.”
See Lawrence Lessig’s blog for a first person narrative about his Supreme Court experience.
An Abuse of Copyright and Abusing copyright power.
The Senate and the House have approved DOJ spending via The 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act that now awaits the President’s signature. Bundled into this authorization is a revision to Section 110(2) of the U.S. Copyright Act, called the Educational Use Copyright Exemption. The title of the Senate version is “Technology, Education …
Students are taxing the capacity of high speed Internet connections provided by their colleges and universities through unrestricted downloading, without appropriate permissions or fees, of audio, video and text files. The ubiquitous RIAA has informed college presidents about the “theft of copyrighted works that is plaguing college campuses.” The associations representing college and university presidents …
Supremes sympathize in copyright immortality case; Justices Hear Arguments in Challenge to Copyrights; U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Copyright-Protection Case; Justices Doubt Free Speech Link; Case puts copyright in public spotlight;Declan Mccullagh’s photos of Lessig after the oral argument on the steps of the Supreme Court; and The New York Times published “Excerpts From …
O’Reilly Network Weblogs published the transcript of the Digital ID World 2002 conference panel discussion on Digital Rights Management, featuring Appellate litigator and blogger Denise Howell.
The Voice of Webcasters (VOW) provides information and resources on the effort to “promote and defend the industry,” and seeks support for passage of H.R. 5469 , the bill to suspend for 6 months the implementation of royalty rates. The group also sponsors a moderated listserv for members of the industry.
The Washington Post has published a useful background report outlining the issues of the Edlred case argued in the Supreme Court on October 9. Included are links to primary documents, a list of organizations and their web sites that support Eldred and the government’s position respectively, and reactions to the arguments from the American Library …
