February 20, 2003
Several Interesting Pieces via BNA
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First, big things are apparently afoot at the FCC. I honestly don’t know enough about it to voice an opinion, but if you have one, I’d love to hear it. Is this sort of deregulation really the path to more pervasive, cheaper broadband?
Second, the Senator Wyden is close to introducing a bill that would require labelling of anything using anti-piracy technology. You might remember Wyden from his drive to stop TIA and from the Cox-Wyden consumer rights bill. This was the bill pushed by DigitalConsumer.org that didn’t get near as much attention as the Lofgren and Boucher bills.
Third, BNA and Lawmeme both directed me to this story. Apparently, music publishers are suing Bertelsmann AG for aiding Napster users’ piracy. Um, maybe it’s just me, but wasn’t Bertelsmann trying to make Napster legitimate? And, didn’t the music industry basically prevent that by suing Napster into the ground and by eschewing the use of P2P as part of their business model? Do we need to do any more damage?
Just in case the music publishers don’t get it: Napster has already gone bankrupt. KaZaA and Morpheus and Blubster and myriad others are still operating. Get over Napster!
Filed by Derek Slater at 2:22 pm under General news
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