From:	 Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
To:	 politech@politechbot.com
Subject: FC: House committee asks for views on digital copyright, 4/8
	 deadline
Date:	 Wed, 20 Mar 2002 00:16:39 -0500

See also:

"U.S. House not willing to endorse mandatory copy protection"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03217.html

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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:57:01 -0500
From: Seth Johnson <seth.johnson@realmeasures.dyndns.org>
Organization: Real Measures
CC: declan@well.com, farber@cis.upenn.edu, rms@gnu.org
Subject: Legislative Initiative on Digital Music Online


(Forwarded from the New Yorkers for Fair Use list,
fairuse@mrbrklyn.com.  Deadline for comments is April 8.  --
Seth)


March 11, 2002

To all parties interested in the application of copyright
law to the digital environment:

The growth of the Internet has raised complex and
controversial issues over the application of copyright law
to the digital environment. Examination of these issues is
increasingly important in light of growing digital music
piracy, expanding public demand for online music services
and the willingness and ability of many entities to meet
that demand.

The Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual
Property has held a series of oversight hearings on digital
music issues, culminating in a December 2001 hearing on the
recommendations made by the U.S. Copyright Office in the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 104 Report.
Legislation (H.R. 2724) addressing online music issues has
also been introduced in the House of Representatives.

Given the topical nature of this subject matter, we are
initiating a process to review relevant digital music issues
and related proposals to amend the Copyright Act that have
been brought or will be brought to our attention.

All interested parties are encouraged to submit written
views on the merits of relevant digital music issues and
related proposed amendments to the Copyright Act.  The
Subcommittee deadline for receipt of comments is 5:00 p.m.
on April 8, 2002.   The merits of the proposals will be
evaluated in light of the views received and input from
other Members of the Subcommittee, with the goal of
discerning whether consensus exists on meaningful solutions
to address identifiable harms.  Subsequently, at a date and
time to be determined, we will schedule a general meeting
with all interested parties to share our findings.

We thank you in advance for your participation in this
process.  We believe it will produce valuable discourse on
these very important issues and hope it will result in
meaningful solutions to some of the problems and
controversies surrounding the application of copyright law
to the digital environment.


Interested Copyright Parties
March __, 2002
PAGE TWO


Sincerely,

F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR.  JOHN CONYERS, JR.
Chairman                     Ranking Member
Committee on the Judiciary   Committee on the Judiciary

HOWARD COBLE                 HOWARD L. BERMAN
Chairman                     Ranking Member
Subcommittee on Courts, the  Subcommittee on Courts, the
Internet, and Intellectual   Internet, and Intellectual
Property                     Property

CHRIS CANNON  	             RICK BOUCHER
Member of Congress           Member of Congress


FJS, jr./dr/af




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