Re: NII White Paper

From: David Green <david[_at_]cni.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:12:03 -0500

Michael:

There were several reasons for the stalling of the NII Copyright Protection Act this year. For one of the best accounts of the problems of this legislation see the site of the Digital Future Coalition, organized to encourage further discussion of the act and its implications:

   http://www.ari.net/dfc

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> Michael Leventhal <wiredlaw[_at_]primenet.com> wrote:

>>
>> 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 is my understanding that a draft NII Copyright Act 1995 is

> being considered in the Senate - but delay has arisen because no
> agreement has been reached on the subject of ISP copyright liability.
>
> For the substantive provisions of this legislation, suggest you
> see an article I published in 'NII Scan' (click Intellectual Property
> Issues) of the Singapore National Computer Board home page:
>
> http://www.ncb.gov.sg.com/
>
>
> Stanley Lai
>
> Jesus College
> Cambridge CB5 8BL
> United Kingdom
>
> Internet: stanley.lai[_at_]dial.pipex.com
Received on Mon Oct 28 1996 - 22:14:16 GMT