Wednesday, November 24, 2004

More bad right to copy legislation

From: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6557652/


The bill also shields "family friendly" services like ClearPlay that strip violent or sexually explicit scenes from movies. Hollywood groups say such services violate their copyrighted works by altering them without permission.


Why is Congress "legalizing" something that is all ready legal. Things that are not explicitly illegal are legal. ClearPlay was legal. Why "shield" it? Why put more strain (as in legalese) on the fair use doctrine? ClearPlay was obviously a fair use of a DVD. Why make it legal if not to further restrict fair play in other ways?

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