Dear Reader,
Earlier this week I read a note on the Farber list titled, "(DMCA) Digital Copyright Law Up for Challenge," by Michelle Madigan, Medill News Service (published on Yahoo News). In her writing Michelle stated:
"The Copyright Office is accepting comments on the law, which makes it illegal to copy digital entertainment and imposes restrictions that some users say violate their fair-use rights. A comment form is available online and must be submitted by December 18."
Related to this, O'Reilly Network writer, Richard Koman, has created a special Weblog to capture developments related to DMCA, copyright, patents and open source, and so on. Richard has been following these stories for a couple of years and has interviewed many of the great minds who take issue with aspects of digital rights management.
The URL for this new resource is:
http://public-net.blogspot.com/
Later this week, Tim O'Reilly is publishing an article on O'Reilly Network titled, "Piracy is Progressive Taxation, and Other Thoughts on the Evolution of Online Distribution." In this piece Tim draws from his own lessons as a book publisher and talks about how some of these experiences may apply to the music- and film-publishing world.
Bottom line: We have a window of opportunity to influence digital copyright law. If you have an interest in this area, and I hope you do, please read some of this content and share your thoughts with those who can act on your behalf.
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Until next week,
Derrick
Derrick Story
O'Reilly Network Managing Editor
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p.s. I've posted a related Weblog on O'Reilly Network with the TalkBack activated if you wish to comment on this newsletter or any of these related topics.
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