April 24, 2003

Super-DMCA in Florida

Giles Hoover: The Florida Legislature will vote on the bills here, S1078 and H0079, tomorrow. It was scheduled to die in committee, but the bill's sponsors had it put on a special calendar. (No doubt at someone's behest.) more [pdf]

Follow-up via Giles Hoover: The Florida House passed H0079 by a margin of 109-0, despite supposed commitments to the contrary. The Senate vote is Monday, but a similar outcome is now certain. Our best bet here in Florida is to educate Gov. Bush. To say we'll need help doing that is a huge understatement.


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