Re: [DMCA-Activists] Cox and Wyden Support Digital Rights

[Ruben I Safir]

He's still using the word 'consumers rights' at least in 
this quoted passage.

Ruben

On 2002.10.25 22:27 Seth Johnson wrote:
> 
> Cox and Wyden are starting to show some truly helpful
> cluefulness.  And Valenti seems to finally be starting to
> address the issues in terms other than his own!
> 
> Seth
> 
> (Snippets:)
> 
> "Digital media simply shouldn't be more restricted than
> other copyrighted items," Wyden said. "Digital technology is
> a great step forward, and it would be a shame to take a big
> step backward on consumers' rights when it comes to using
> this material."
> 
> [. . .]
> 
> Valenti characterized it more like a license to destroy the
> movie industry. "If it were passed into law, it would
> declare that every non-commercial use of a copyrighted work
> is a fair use," he said. "Second, it would authorize people
> to hack into the secure methods we use to protect our movies
> and the distribution of the sophisticated tools to do that."
> 
> 
> > http://www.backstage.com/backstage/features/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1746587
> 
> 
> Lawmakers Back Digital Rights 
> 
> By Chris Marlowe 
> October 22, 2002
> 
> 
> Consumer advocacy group DigitalConsumer.org has gained two
> noteworthy supporters.
> 
> 
> Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Chris Cox, R-Calif., on
> Friday introduced a bipartisan, bicameral joint resolution
> that seeks to assure that the fair use rights of individuals
> are not eroded in the digital world. The resolution is
> largely symbolic, however, because the 108th Congress does
> not begin until January. The MPAA quickly stated its
> opposition. 
> 
> The Cox-Wyden resolution states that consumers should be
> able to exercise the same personal control over information
> and entertainment content whether or not it is digital. The
> co-sponsors expressed their support for strong anti-piracy
> and copyright protections but added their concern about such
> things as audio CDs and high-definition television
> broadcasts that cannot be recorded for later personal use or
> on for use on another player.
> 
> "Digital media simply shouldn't be more restricted than
> other copyrighted items," Wyden said. "Digital technology is
> a great step forward, and it would be a shame to take a big
> step backward on consumers' rights when it comes to using
> this material."
> 
> MPAA president and CEO Jack Valenti said that in actuality
> the resolution was decidedly anti-consumer. "If this
> resolution is implemented, then consumer choice would be
> limited," he said. "Who in their right mind would put their
> movies on the Internet? It would frustrate the ability of
> copyright owners to distribute to the consumer in convenient
> ways."
> 
> The joint resolution affirms consumers' personal use rights
> to shift legally obtained content in regards to time, place
> and format. It further seeks to guarantee the right to
> personal back-up copies, non-commercial editing and the use
> of technology to assert these other rights. 
> 
> Valenti characterized it more like a license to destroy the
> movie industry. "If it were passed into law, it would
> declare that every non-commercial use of a copyrighted work
> is a fair use," he said. "Second, it would authorize people
> to hack into the secure methods we use to protect our movies
> and the distribution of the sophisticated tools to do that."
> 
> According to Valenti, Cox and Wyden's suggestions would
> prevent anyone from investing in new films. "Why would
> anyone put up large sums of private capital to make a movie
> when it can be ambushed in its first week?" he said.
> 
> Emerging business models such as pay-per-view and VOD
> conditional access systems would no longer be pursued,
> Valenti said. 
> 
> Wyden and Cox based their resolution on the Technology
> Consumer Bill of Rights devised by DigitalConsumer.org, the
> organization started in 2001 by Joe Kraus and Graham
> Spencer, two of the co-founders of the Internet portal
> Excite (HR 5/17).
> 
> DigitalConsumer.org declared its support for the Cox-Wyden
> resolution. "We believe their leadership is a sign of a
> growing backlash against Hollywood's overreaching in this
> area," Kraus said. "Hollywood shouldn't be allowed to
> control all aspects of how a consumer uses content in the
> privacy of their own home."
> 
> Valenti expressed his respect for Kraus but noted that he
> speaks for the technology industry.
> 
> 
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