Induce Act
Fred von Lohmann: "Rumor has it that Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) will be introducing a bill tomorrow that would add a new Section 501(g) to the Copyright Act granting copyright owners a cause of action against those who "induce" copyright infringement...."
Susan Crawford: "The INDUCE Act of 2004 [pdf]. The logic is that P2P applications inevitably lead to exploitation of children. With me so far? So the act is called the "Inducement Devolves into Unlawful Child Exploitation Act." The Act (to be proposed tomorrow by songwriter Sen. Hatch and others) amends the copyright law to say that anyone who "induces" copyright infringement is himself/itself an infringer."
update: Professor Crawford says that "counsels" has been dropped from the text of the bill.
And more from Furdlog and Infothought.
In the c-net article (Antipiracy bill targets technology) Jessica Litman, a professor at Wayne State University who specializes in copyright law, says that 'that under the Induce Act, products like ReplayTV, peer-to-peer networks and even the humble VCR could be outlawed because they can potentially be used to infringe copyrights.'
Here's a partial list of some other products that can be used to violate copyrights and exploit children:
Silly Putty
Windows
Printing Press
Xerox Machines
Scanners
Fax Machines
Computers
Cameras
update: Techdirt points out that the bill is now called The Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act (IICA)
Susan Crawford: "The INDUCE Act of 2004 [pdf]. The logic is that P2P applications inevitably lead to exploitation of children. With me so far? So the act is called the "Inducement Devolves into Unlawful Child Exploitation Act." The Act (to be proposed tomorrow by songwriter Sen. Hatch and others) amends the copyright law to say that anyone who "induces" copyright infringement is himself/itself an infringer."
update: Professor Crawford says that "counsels" has been dropped from the text of the bill.
And more from Furdlog and Infothought.
In the c-net article (Antipiracy bill targets technology) Jessica Litman, a professor at Wayne State University who specializes in copyright law, says that 'that under the Induce Act, products like ReplayTV, peer-to-peer networks and even the humble VCR could be outlawed because they can potentially be used to infringe copyrights.'
Here's a partial list of some other products that can be used to violate copyrights and exploit children:
update: Techdirt points out that the bill is now called The Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act (IICA)
