NPR Reports On DMCA Ruling

Odinson writes "Funny how they announce this during election mayhem. How about a protest in DC with more than a few people this time. Here's the NPR coverage." Slashdot has mentioned this once or twice before, but it's interesting seeing the mainstream coverage, if NPR is mainstream.

Re:mmm... NPR

[OmegaDan]

I agree with your thesis statement -- NPR is geared towards 40 or 50 year old college graduates. Theres nothing wrong with that though! Look at the target *intelligence level* of "mainstream media." Its disgusting ...

NPR expands my mind by presenting information I can't get anywhere else.

Plus its damn cool :) Car Talk? Prarie Home Companion? radio at its finest ... and I'm 22 :)

Man, the entertainment industry fights dirty

[Masem]

I heard this bit on the radio when it was broadcast, and got too infuriated over it (thank goodness I was in a parking lot at the time). At one point, one of the lawyers for the enterment industry mentioned that they were all for making sure fair use rights were acknowledged, but when "they drafted the bill" (they as in the lawyers, NOT Congress), they thought it would be better to protect everything then come back later and fix it if things needed fixing with additional legislation in Congress. I would think that in a logical system based on our Bill of Rights, it would be better to pass minimal regulation, then as new situations and cases arose, to challenge them in the court of law or to pass additional regulations that are not sufficiently covered by the original. In other words, minimize how much the government is interacting or interfering with the consumers and corporates. But nooooo, the entertainment industry had nearly carte blanc with the DMCA, and while I'm sure they know they ultimately can't win with regards to fair use, they are trying their darnest to scare people into thinking they don't have this right.

mmm... NPR

[scaryjohn]

NPR is fun to listen to sometimes, but you can tell it's geared towards baby-boomer academians... NPR's target audience. this story especially.

in defense of the story, though they have one industry lawyer sounding like an idiot, followed by a civil libertarian, a librarian, and a law professor telling about how bad it is then it goes on to quote the ip lawyer who basically says that it's okay to trample the first ammendment as long as we plan to go back and fix it after everybody gives up. then there's more pro/con on the law, but they keep bringing up the point that it doesn't apply to CD's or analog media.

it feels like they're saying "hey, academian baby-boomers... this new law your linux using kids just out of college working for their startups are ranting about isn't going to apply to your hardcover bound copies of sociology journals or your dave brubeck lp's or your VHS tape of casablanca. here's what you can say to avoid sounding dumb at the next wine and cheese gathering."

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