This week’s congressional hearing on the loosening of DVD and other copying restrictions based on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 might signal a change in attitude toward laws that have been the basis of infringement suits against companies and consumers. Some, including lawmakers on the U.S. Congressional Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, view the ability to make backup and mixed copies of copyrighted music, movies and other media as fair use, provided consumers are not selling or distributing their homemade digital copies.
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Congress Considers DMCA, Consumer Copying
Posted by: Jay Lyman May 13, 2004 11:26 AMThis week’s congressional hearing on the loosening of DVD and other copying restrictions based on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 might signal a change in attitude toward laws that have been the basis of infringement suits against companies and consumers. Some, including lawmakers on the U.S. Congressional Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, view the ability to make backup and mixed copies of copyrighted music, movies and other media as fair use, provided consumers are not selling or distributing their homemade digital copies.