[Ecommerce] Senate May Rush Copyright Legislation

[Jeff Williams]

All,

 According to an article on Wired, the Senate may
soon pass a bill labeled HR2391, a bill which lumps many other copyright

bills. If passed the bill would "would criminally punish a person who
'infringes a copyright by ... offering for distribution to the public by

electronic means, with reckless disregard of the risk of further
infringement.'" In addition the bill would "permit people to use
technology to skip objectionable content -- like a gory or sexually
explicit scene -- in films, a right that consumers already have.
However,
under the proposed law, skipping any commercials or promotional
announcements would be prohibited." The bill would also punish people
"who bring a video camera into a movie theater to make a copy of the
film
for distribution" with up to three years imprisonment and fines. If any
of this worries you please contact your Senators and Representatives and

voice your concern."

See:  http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65704,00.html

Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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