Legislation

• Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act (DMCRA)
  • Statement of Congressman Rick Bourcher (D-VA) 10/3/2002
  • Library Community Hails Reaffirmation of Fair Use in DMCRA (from the ARL Web site, 10/3/02)

• Digital Choice and Freedom Act
  • Read the text
  • Press Release from Rep. Zoe Lofgren
  • San Jose Mercury News Article from 10/01/02

• Anticounterfeiting Amendments of 2002
  • Bill Summary and Status
  • American Association of Law Libraries Action Alert
  • CNET News article from 7/29/02

• Peer-to-peer Piracy Prevention Act
  • Press Release from U.S. Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA)
  • .pdf copy of the bill
  • CNET News article from 7/25/02

• Eldred v. Ashcroft
  • ALA Washington Office site
  • ARL's Copyright Term Extension site
  • The Eldred v. Ashcroft site
  • Berkman Center OPENLAW Eldred v. Ashcroft site
  • Stanford Law School Eldred v. Ashcroft Bibliography

   

Library Issues

• Library Digitization Projects and Copyright, by Mary Minow, J.D., A.M.L.S. June 28,2002
  (Published on LLRX.com)