Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 18:10:01 -0500 From: "NW Gibbs and Bradner" <GibbsBradner@nwfnews.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Is there a little devil on the way? Message-ID: <LISTMANAGERSQL-29422643-95115-2004.07.01-18.10.08--freebsd-chat#freebsd.org@bc13.standardservices.com>
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NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: GIBBS & BRADNER 07/01/04 Dear freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, In this issue: * Net Insider columnist Scott Bradner discusses copyright infringement legislation * Links related to Gibbs & Bradner * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by AlterPoint, Inc. Free IT Business Brief on Network Change and Configuration Management Network Change and Configuration Management (NCCM) is a must-have for enterprises looking for full control and manageability over their expanding network environments. This IT Business Brief, "Making the Case for NCCM" discusses the business value of NCCM and outlines how to create a business case for the deployment of NCCM. Download your copy today! http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=65631 _______________________________________________________________ NW SPECIAL REPORTS Focused reports on compelling industry topics, Network World Special Reports are available online at Network World Fusion. Download any or all of our Special Reports on topics such as strategies for performance management, trends in the networked world and more at: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=64846 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Is there a little devil on the way? By Scott Bradner Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) last week introduced legislation called the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 ( <http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200406/induce.pdf> ) just before press time. This follows a leak two weeks ago of an earlier version of the bill that is quite a piece of work if you read it literally. But I wonder if that's what we're supposed to do. The leaked version, which went by the name of the Inducement Devolves into Unlawful Child Exploitation Act ( <http://www.corante.com/copyfight/archives/004408.html> ) of 2004, had some people active in the copyright debate going ballistic. It's easy to see why. The core of the act, at least in the early version (I haven't had access to the actual bill yet), extends the definition of a copyright infringer to "whoever intentionally induces any violation" of copyright laws. It says: "intentionally induces means intentionally aids, abets, induces, counsels or procures, and intent may be shown by acts from which a reasonable person would find intent to induce infringement based upon all relevant information about such acts then reasonably available to the actor, including whether the activity relies on infringement for its commercial viability." Read literally, this could mean that anyone selling a product that could be used to infringe copyright would be guilty of infringement. Hatch is from Utah and parts of Utah are quite stark and empty (and beautiful as I can attest), but I doubt that none of his constituents use the Internet or own PCs, copiers, scanners, cameras, VCRs, TiVo, portable music players, paper, pens or pencils. Since all of these could be used to make illegal copies of copyrighted material under the literal wording of this bill, anyone selling any of these could be guilty of copyright infringement. This could get a bit dicey for Intel, Microsoft and pencil makers. (By the way, there is a neat Web site all about pencils at <http://www.pencils.com/>.) This is not the first time Hatch has come up with half- or quarter-baked anti-copyright infringement ideas ( <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0630bradner.html> ). It is entirely believable that he would introduce a bill like this even though at best this bill looks like it was written by the teenage kid of a movie studio executive who was trying to protect his inheritance. But maybe the draft of the bill has served its purpose already. Maybe its only purpose was to be leaked just to set off a cacophony of outrage and scorn. Maybe Hatch thinks he can introduce a somewhat less wacko bill that will sail through because it looks so good in comparison. Conjuring up a bogeyman then killing it off as a way to distract people while you sneak a little devil into the room is not a new concept. If that's what Hatch is doing, then we need to be on the lookout for the little devil. It should be showing up any day now. Disclaimer: Cacophony at Harvard is hardly new, but the above addition to the Induce cacophony is mine, not the university's. _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Scott Bradner Bradner is a consultant with Harvard University's University Information Systems. He can be reached at <mailto:sob@sobco.com> _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by AlterPoint, Inc. 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