Boucher's DMCRA To Get A Hearing On May 12

Mr. Firewall writes "It's been a long road since Slashdot first carried the story that Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) was speaking out about the DMCA's trampling of fair-use rights. Well, his bill (HR 107) gets a hearing this Wednesday and the multi-billion-dollar music and movie industries have called out their Big Guns to stop it. This morning an urgent message from the Professional Photographers of America arrived in my inbox characterizing Boucher's bill as 'A bill that would make it impossible for photographers to protect their work' and other lies (apparently, the RIAA and MPAA have recruited the PPA into their Axis of Evil). The alert finishes by saying that 'a strong grassroots effort combined with [our] recent lobbying efforts should be enough to keep this harmful bill locked in the subcommittee ... until Congress adjourns.' Let's give these folks a little taste of the slashdot effect and do a little 'grassroots' contacting of congresscritters ourselves." Of course, you can decide only for yourself what your thoughts are on the bill.

Re:Why depend on other's readings of the bill?

[Viceice]

And here's the link to the PPA for us to slashdo... i mean look at .

PPA [ppa.com]

HAHAHA

[FS1]

Just used their system to send an email in favor of HR 107.

Suck my balls MPAA, RIAA, and now PPA!

Re:Why depend on other's readings of the bill?

[Sunnan]

Yuck, silly flash page. Works as a slashdot-deterrent, I guess.

Re:Does it really have a chance?

[unitron]

"...And since when did Congress rule on the labling of individual products..."

Gee, lemme break open a fresh deck of Luckies and think that over.

But... but... Boucher is my congressperson

[SnappingTurtle]

Should I /. him?

Re:BoC

[rhuntley12]

Mod this guy up!! I was just about to post something like this. Seriously, that movie has no place in the classroom. Since when did our children start getting taught lies and half truths?

Re:Wow, easy read. Read it!

[red floyd]

I doubt if the bill said

"This gives the RIAA the power to ass rape anyone they see fit"

Of course it does. Who the hell do you think wrote it?

Activision?

[pluvia]

I agree. I voted for Boucher twice and I don't even live in Virginia!

I wish there were more like him... at least on this issue.