Friday, September 29, 2006
The Copyright Modernization Act Is DEAD!
Ding Dong, the Copyright Modernization Act is Dead(posted by
www.orbitcast.com)
The
Copyright Modernization Act (HR 6052), which seeked to change the rules on the licensing and delivery of digital music,
has died. XM Satellite Radio ran a
grassroots campaign earlier this week, in a mass email sent to all subscribers, urging readers to oppose this legislation.
In the email, XM claimed that HR 6052 would "drive up our costs and stop us from offering radios that allow you to record XM channels for your later listening - in the same way that TiVo allows you to record TV for later viewing."
Well, it's dead. When the bill's sponsor, Senator Lamar Smith, said he'd like to delay HR 6052 until next year, "a collective sigh of relief was let out from a few rows of audience, comprised of consumer device manufacturers and some service providers," according to
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