last minute negotiations over the Induce Act break down

Passage of the Induce Act (IICA) this Congressional session are looking less and less likely. Not surprisingly, the negotiations between the content providers and tech companies are not going so well:

The fate of the controversial Induce Act that would restrict file-sharing technology that can be used to illegally download and share copyrighted material was in question today after negotiations between the music and electronics industries broke down as the current Congressional session nears an end, possibly by this weekend.

Talks aimed at a compromise on that bill, which was put forward by the Copyright Office after court rulings found P2P file-swapping networks were legal, broke down earlier this fall, making it unlikely the legislation would be picked up in the same form any time soon.

Will Rodger, director of public policy at the Computer and Communications Industry Association and the Open Source and Industry Association, said the language in that bill spelled potential disaster for the technology industry.

"The recording and movie industries thought they could come up with a magic bullet to kill infringement," Rodger said. "That's just not going to happen, never mind what the consequences might be for the U.S. economy as a whole."

ECommerceTimes.com article: Copyright Bill Clears Senate Minus Induce Act