Re: NII White Paper

On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Michael Leventhal <wiredlaw[_at_]primenet.com> wrote:
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> I have been seeing some news on the evolution of the NII White Paper and
> have this vague understanding that the Feds have done what I thought they
> were going to do, i.e. -- try to turn it into law. Does anyone know the
> status of any such legislation, or have a suggestion on how to track it?

It's dead as an armadillo in the middle of a highway, and Congress has gone home. What will happen now will be governed by whether the PTO and the EU can sell to the World Intellectual Property Organization, at a diplomatic (treaty) conference this December what they couldn't even get a vote on in the Congress. See recent postings by Seth Greenstein (which should include cites to Web sites of Digital Future Coalition and Home Recording Rights Coalition with further information) for the DFC position on pending WIPO issues and the PTO call for comments by Nov. 22.

Bob Schwartz
<shebam[_at_]access.digex.net> Received on Wed Oct 23 1996 - 03:28:26 GMT