Stop INDUCE: action web site
p2pnet.net News:- Down Hill Battle, Freeculture.org and Click the Vote have teamed up to help stop senator Orrin Hatch’s INDUCE Act from becoming reality.
INDUCE comes in hiding behind pornography – a favourite Hatch ploy – and, “would put a foot on the throat of anyone coming to market with a new device, software product, or home networking system that handles copyrighted content,” states Gary Shapiro, chairman of the Home Recording Rights Coalition (HRRC).
The EFF staged a brilliant mock trial featuring Apple, Toshiba and CNETÂ as defendants with the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) as plaintiffs and now the thought has been taken a stage further with Save the iPod, Stop the INDUCE Act.
As the site says, “The record industry is trying to rush this bill through Congress without any debate. Several very prominent and powerful members of Congress, all of whom have received large campaign contributions from the entertainment industry, are moving the INDUCE Act forward. The bill could be passed within a week.”
Help stop the INDUCE Act by contacting your Congressional representatives immediately, says STISTIA (there has to be an acronym or it’s not official – ask Hatch). “Just a single Senator can put a ‘hold’ on this bill, which would force a debate on the Senate floor.”
And to make it easy, you can do exactly that by faxing your senators and representative from the site. Do it. It’ll take less than 45 seconds.
Also have a look at the post from a Taiwanese student (below) and his update post under this item.
June 29th, 2004 at 4:20 am
Why is this called Save iPod? Who gives a shit. The other stuff is way more important
June 29th, 2004 at 7:32 am
The law simply will not pass. If it does, then I’m moving to Canada.
Crap…I do live in Canada!
HA!
June 29th, 2004 at 1:48 pm
Hi,I am a Taiwan student.I want to fight this situation,but I do not live in America,and my English is poor,so I’d like to ask for your help to translate this letter to good English and mail it to appropriate senator.Here is my letter,sorry for my English.I think even a foreign student as me should help,because once the bill pass in America,another day it will pass in Taiwan.
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Dear senator ______.
I strongly oppose ‘The INDUCE Act’ because it is broad, over-reaching legislation that threatens to make illegal many products and services that have legal and legitimate uses. Technology used every day by millions of Americans, such as VCRs, filesharing networks, and Apple iPods could be subject to lawsuits.
(This paragraph comes from http://savetheipod.com/index1.php)
The writer of the bill,Orrin Hatch,once come up with a plan which allow police to remotely destroy a p2p user’s computer if the police believe that the p2p user is infringing copyright law.That bill is very draconian,but not comparing to this one(the INDUCE act) which outlaw everything which could be used to infringe copyright law,including MP3 player,CD-R writer,even the MP3 or DivX technology itself.The formal,though frightening, only destroy infringing device if anyone break the law.However,the more destructive INDUCE act will destroy everything that can be used to infringe copyright before anyone can use them for any purpose.
The DMCA section 512 merely prohibit any device that is designed to break anti-copy protection.The INDUCE act,however,prohibit not anything that can be used to infringe copyright law,but also anything which can “induce” one to infringe copyright law.The DMCA,since it was designed improperly,has caused serious bad effect:stifling scienctific research,being used for anti-competitive purpose,using “protection” to gain extra power which is not defined in the law(e.g:you can play your legally purchased DVD in a single area).The DMCA caused such devastating effect to science and technology by merely prohibit “circumvention” of “protection”.If the INDUCE act is passed,the bad effect will be much stronger the DMCA,by magnitude.
The writer of the bill,Orrin Hatch,used “Child Porn”,”protecting children” as his excuse.Some people believe that his purpose is to destroy P2P network.However,I believe,his real intension is not limited to destroy P2P network,but to destroy everything which endanger the copyright holders(e.g:CD writer,MP3 player,P2P network,broadband,DivX,CD burning software….) all in once.The real intension of the INDUCE act is not to protect children.If it is,why there is no hearing,no debating,and the speed of the bill is as fast as lightening?As if they are trying to “sneak” the bill to the law.
The least but the most important,the bill is being passed,the speed is very fast.If no senator stands up,the bill could be passed fast without any hearing or debating,and deprive the right of customer,causing severe damage to technology and economy.I sincerely hope you senator to strongly stand up against the bill.
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