[PLUG] Fwd: From the Office of Senator Cantwell

[Michael Rasmussen]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Whitney [mailto:sean_whitney at bigfoot.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 2:52 PM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: [PLUG] Fwd: From the Office of Senator Cantwell
> 
> 
> FYI
> 
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> 
> Subject: From the Office of Senator Cantwell
> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 16:51:55 -0500
> From: <senator at cantwell.senate.gov>
> To: <sean_whitney at bigfoot.com>
> 
> April 1, 2002
> 
> 
> 
> Mr. Sean Whitney
> 3309 NE 133rd Court
> Vancouver, Washington  98682
> 
> 
> Dear Mr. Whitney:
> 
> Thank you for contacting me regarding the Consumer Broadband 
> and Digital
> Television Promotion Act, S. 2048.  This act was formerly known as the
> Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA).  I 
> appreciate
> hearing your concerns.
> 
> As you are aware, Senator Hollings introduced S. 2048 on 
> March 21, 2002.
> The bill has been referred to the Senate Commerce, Science and
> Transportation Committee.  This legislation would mandate the 
> development
> of technological protection measures to be implemented and enforced by
> federal regulations.
> 
> I understand your concern that we must work to achieve the 
> right balance
> between protecting copyrights and remunerating the creators 
> of those works
> and reasonable consumer use of copyrighted works.  Indeed, the pace of
> innovation requires a diligent consideration of both of these 
> interests.
> I believe that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) 
> passed in 1998
> helps to accomplish this goal.  We need to continue to encourage
> innovation in technology while protecting the intellectual 
> property rights
> of inventors, artists, authors and musicians.  The DMCA prohibits
> circumvention of technological protection measures and the 
> trafficking of
> such technology.  Thus, the law facilitates legitimate distribution of
> copyrighted work by allowing for the use of technological 
> measures by the
> copyright holder and providing legal protections for those 
> measures.  You
> should know, however, that I will not be supportive of 
> legislation that
> unduly limits technological innovation or consumers' rights.
> 
> At this relatively early point in the development of digital 
> distribution
> of copyrighted works, the U.S. Copyright Office has recommended that
> Congress make no significant changes to copyright law right now.  As a
> member of the Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction 
> over copyright
> law, I will be actively considering these issues.  Please be 
> assured that
> should S. 2048 come before the Senate, I will keep your 
> concerns in mind.
> 
> Again, thank you for contacting me, and please do not 
> hesitate to do so in
> the future if I can be of further assistance.
> Sincerely,
> 
> Maria Cantwell
> United States Senator
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 
> -- 
> Then there was the ScoutMaster who got a fantastic deal on 
> this case of
> Tates brand compasses for his troup; only $1.25 each!  Only 
> problem was,
> when they got them out in the woods, the compasses were all 
> stuck pointing
> to the "W" on the dial.
> 
> Moral:
> 	He who has a Tates is lost!
> 
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