Nancy Pelosi Sells Out The Public: Agrees To Put Massive Copyright Reform In ‘Must Pass’ Spending Bill
But rather than actually discussing and debating those issues, and fixing the bill to make sure it is constitutional and protects the public, we’ve heard from three different sources that Nancy Pelosi has given the go-ahead in the House to include the CASE Act in the spending bill. As we said earlier this week, if you’re trying to ram through a bill by adding them to an appropriations bill, it’s because you know it has problems and will cause major issues and you just don’t care because the politics of pleasing donors is too important. Hollywood has been screaming for this bill, and Pelosi has agreed to put it in.
Here’s the Authors Guild (one of the premier organization of writers) on the CASE ACT
https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/the-case-act-your-questions-answered/
Highlight: “The Authors Guild has been actively advocating for a small copyright claims court since 2006, when we testified before the House Judiciary Committee about the need for such a venue. Copyright is the very foundation of the publishing economy and authors’ ability to earn income. It is so important to democracy that our founders put it in the Constitution. And yet, extremely few authors or other creators have the ability to enforce their copyrights. Federal civil litigation is the only means of doing so under the current law and it is far too expensive—at least $400,000 or so, which is much greater than the value of most writers’ copyright claims and well beyond the means of most authors, for whom copyright is a right without a remedy. Hence the need for a small copyright claims court. The CASE Act will create such a tribunal in the Copyright Office, and there will be no need to hire a lawyer or travel to Washington D.C. Defendants as well as claimants will all benefit from the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of this tribunal resolving copyright infringement claims.”
As I am sure your aware, most authors don’t earn much from their intellectual property which can take them years to research and create, and which our country depends on not only for entertainment but also information and education.
EFF 2021 DMCA Rulemaking
https://www.eff.org/cases/2021-dmca-rulemaking
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) limits the circumvention of software that’s designed to restrict access to copyrighted works. Unfortunately, such a blanket restriction can chill competition, free speech, and fair use. In an attempt to mitigate those harms, every three years the U.S. Copyright Office holds a rulemaking proceeding to consider exemptions to this rule. EFF has participated in this rulemaking procedure for many years, and has secured exemptions for device unlocking, jailbreaking, ripping videos for remix, and more.
In the 2021 proceeding, we’re requesting exemptions for repair, diagnosis, and modification of any software-enabled device, including everything from digital cameras and e-readers to automated litterboxes and robotic pets; and jailbreaking streaming video devices like the Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire Stick (which we believe is already covered by the current exemption for jailbreaking smart TVs). We’re also requesting renewal of the existing exemptions for jailbreaking smartphones, tablets, and other all-purpose mobile computing devices, smart TVs, or voice assistant devices; and diagnosis or repair of smartphones, home appliances, or home systems.
Over the next few months, we’ll be presenting evidence to the Copyright Office to support these exemptions. Many other organizations have filed exemption requests as well. All of these exemption proposals can be viewed on the Copyright Office website.
Protecting Your Rights to Understand and Innovate on the Tech in Your Life
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/protecting-your-rights-understand-and-innovate-tech-your-life
Nancy Pelosi Sells Out The Public: Agrees To Put Massive Copyright Reform In ‘Must Pass’ Spending Bill
from the why? dept
Fri, Dec 4th 2020 1:33pm — Mike Masnick
I know everyone is focused on Trump’s attempt to take away Section 230 in the NDAA, but an equally important issue is that members of Congress have been trying to do Hollywood’s bidding and sneak massive copyright reform into a must-pass government appropriations bill. The CASE Act has many problems that we’ve discussed, including the fact that it would unleash a wave of copyright trolling for people accidentally or innocently sharing works they don’t realize are covered by copyright. There are also significant Constitutional problems with it, in that it routes around the Title III courts by handing disputes about private rights to the executive branch. That’s not allowed.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201204/11522445820/nancy-pelosi-sells-out-public-agrees-to-put-massive-copyright-reform-must-pass-spending-bill.shtml
Fair Use
Internet: Copyright and Fair Use
Learn how to use copyright and stay legal in the K-12 classroom. K-12 WHAT IS LEGAL IN THE SCHOOL CLASSROOM?
https://edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/Internet-1copyright-Fair-Use.html
K-12 COPYRIGHT LAWS: PRIMER FOR TEACHERS
COPYRIGHT LAWS DO’S AND DON’TS
WHAT IS LEGAL IN THE SCHOOL CLASSROOM
https://edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/copyrightlaw.html
Educational CyberPlayGround’s PLAGIARISM DETECTION: Catching Digital Cheaters
Plagiarism Detection in Term Papers, and Essays and Research
https://edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/plagiarism.html
ART LAW – Learn to Copyright your Photograph
You Have Permission to cite this website the Educational CyberPlayGround as your source. ( ISTC 301/501 Resources )
Your photos are copy righted by default but to get damages it must be registered. Do put a copyright on your web site.
https://edu-cyberpg.com/Arts/artlaw.html
COPYLEFT and the Creative Commons
Copyright, Copyleft, Copywrong
just what are we talking about?
The answer is CONTENT.
https://edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/copyleft.html
FREELANCE WRITERS RIGHTS
https://edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/SelfPublish.html
USMCA Trade Deal Keeps DMCA-Style ‘Safe Harbor’ for ISPs
December 12, 2019
https://torrentfreak.com/usmca-trade-deal-keeps-dmca-style-safe-harbor-for-isps-191212/
The United States, Canada, and Mexico have signed a new trade deal that will replace NAFTA. The USMCA deals with a wide range of trade topics including copyright issues. Despite warnings from rightsholders and some lawmakers, the agreement offers liability protections for Internet companies, including a DMCA-style safe harbor provision.