Copyright Bill to Kill Tech?

["Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake@email.uncc.edu>]

Copyright Bill to Kill Tech?

By Katie Dean, Wired.com, Jul. 22, 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64297,00.html/wn_ascii

"The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider a bill Thursday that would
hold technology companies liable for any product they make that
encourages people to steal copyright materials."

Antipiracy bill gains new ally

By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, July 21, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5278980.html

"In a move that's alarming technology firms, the U.S. Copyright Office is
about to endorse new legislation that would outlaw peer-to-peer networks
and possibly some consumer electronics devices that could be used for
copyright piracy."

For a consumer rights lesson, hit rewind on the VCR

By MARK COOPER, Kansas City Star,
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/9193806.htm?1c

"For each step forward consumers want to take in the way we use
technology, the folks who sell us movies and music want to force us to
take two steps back."

From: digital-copyright Digest 23 Jul 2004 15:00:00 -0000 Issue 400

Chuck Hamaker
Associate University Librarian Collections and Technical Services
Atkins Library
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223
phone 704 687-2825