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Is Digital Copyright Legislation Going Too Far?
Tinkerers and electronic consumers beware. Legislation involving new
electronic recording devices and digital, audio, or video playback
technology severely compromise electronics industry innovation.
According to IEEE Spectrum's Tekla Perry, "The Digital Millennium
Copyright Act was the first federal law passed that directly attacks the
fair use rights of consumers and product developers. But more such laws
are in the pipeline." Tune into IEEE Spectrum Online's exclusive radio
report at
http://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/3497/40360768
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much
liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
-Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US president, architect and author (1743-1826)
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Serge Marelli, Luxembourg
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