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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 19:35:20 -0600
From: H-Net Central
Subject: Restrictive new e-copyright controls proposed by US gov't
 
         A presidential task force has recommended that electronic
    transmission of books, magazine articles and software should be
    classified as copies subject to existing copyright laws.   The
    task force also recommended that it should be illegal to make or
    distribute products aimed at decoding encrypted software without
    the consent of the copyright owner.  "This is great news," says
    the president of the Software Publishers Association. "To see
    online delivery predominantly as a commercial tool is to
    seriously threaten its applicability for education and the
    preservation of American culture," cautions Vassar College's
    director of libraries.  (Wall Street Journal 6 Sep 95 B3)
    Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks Bruce Lehman, who headed
    up the task force says:  "Without enforceable laws in place,
    intellectual property owners will be unwilling to put their works
    at risk in this rapidly expanding digital environment."  (New
    York Times 6 Sep 95 C5)  The November/December issue of Educom
    Review will feature an interview with Bruce Lehman.
    [from Edupage]
 
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