Topic: RIAA lawyer: DMCA needs an overhaul
cccuuunnttt !nIGga.SL0w started this discussion 15 years ago #14,021
Aww, why are courts so mean to the RIAA?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57319344-261/riaa-lawyer-says-dmca-may-need-overhaul/?tag=mncol;cnetRiver
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57319344-261/riaa-lawyer-says-dmca-may-need-overhaul/?tag=mncol;cnetRiver
The four largest record labels are unhappy with the way the courts have interpreted the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in recent years and may need to ask Congress for changes, according to Jennifer Pariser, the attorney who oversees litigation for the Recording Industry Association of America.
The DMCA is just not providing the kind of protection against online piracy that Congress intended, Pariser said at a conference here on Thursday. "I think Congress got it right, but I think the courts are getting it wrong," Pariser said during a panel discussion at the NY Entertainment & Technology Law Conference.
"I think the courts are interpreting Congress' statute in a manner that is entirely too restrictive of content owners' rights and too open to [Internet] service providers.
"We might need to go to Congress at some point for a fix," Pariser added. "Not because the statute was badly drafted but because the interpretation has been so hamstrung by court decisions."
The DMCA is just not providing the kind of protection against online piracy that Congress intended, Pariser said at a conference here on Thursday. "I think Congress got it right, but I think the courts are getting it wrong," Pariser said during a panel discussion at the NY Entertainment & Technology Law Conference.
"I think the courts are interpreting Congress' statute in a manner that is entirely too restrictive of content owners' rights and too open to [Internet] service providers.
"We might need to go to Congress at some point for a fix," Pariser added. "Not because the statute was badly drafted but because the interpretation has been so hamstrung by court decisions."
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Nexus !jNexusRe/. joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later[^] [v] #249,976
It is a lot harder to line the pockets of judges rather than politicians.
!JuMPb0dbaE joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 45 minutes later, 50 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #249,990
No one should buy music anymore. It's just going to go to supporting lobbying against our rights.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 53 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #249,996
oh boo-hoo thats soooo sad~