IP: Radio Report - Digital Entertainment: Rights and Responsibilities

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Steven Clift <clift () publicus net>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:20:10 -0500 (CDT)
To: farber () cis upenn edu
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Subject: Radio Report - Digital Entertainment: Rights and Responsibilities


Minnesota Public Radio carried a full hour on the legal/political issues
surrounding digital entertainment today:

http://news.glass.mpr.org/programs/futuretense/docs/digital_piracy.shtml

It was excellent.  As a huge DVR/Tivo fan, I was most interested in the
comments of Sonic Blue's Andy Wolfe (Replay TV).

Steven Clift
Democracies Online Newswire
http://www.e-democracy.org/do

Here is the text of the TOC:

A FUTURE TENSE SPECIAL REPORT: Digital entertainment: Rights and
Responsibilities
     Alarmed by the trading of copyrighted music, movies and television
shows on the Internet, the entertainment industry is waging a relentless
battle against digital piracy. It has sued some companies, such as
Napster, out of business. The legal war is moving to other fronts:
services that enable users to watch new Hollywood movies for free, devices
that allow consumers to skip commercials and trade television shows over
the 'Net, and more.
    The industry wants copyright protection schemes built into all digital
hardware and software. Critics say that would eliminate legally guaranteed
"fair use" of media, erode the public domain, and stifle technology
innovation. What are the ramifications of this ongoing battle for
consumers of music, movies and tv and the Internet? Where is the middle
ground, and how might this battle play out?

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AUDIO EXTRA! 

Molly Shaffer Van Houweling, executive director of Stanford
University-based Creative Commons talks about her site, where artists who
do not wish to exericse their copyrights can post their material. Listen.

Cary Sherman, president of Recording Industry Association of America,
which sued Napster out of business. Listen.

Fritz Attaway, Motion Picture Association of America is concerned about
growing number of people who download bootlegged Hollywood movies. Listen.

Andy Wolfe, SONICblue, makes digital video recorders that allow consumers
to send TV shows over broadband Internet connections. Listen.

Aram Sinnreich, Jupiter Research, says people who download music from the
Internet, buy more CDs.Listen.

Dan Gillmor and Mike Langberg write about the computer industry for the
San Jose Mercury News. Listen.

Patrons of Let it Be Records and Hollywood Video in Minneapolis talk about
file-swapping of movies and music. Listen.

Personal technology writers Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal and
Peter Lewis of Fortune discuss threats to "fair use" of media by the
Hollings bill, a proposal that would require all new software and hardware
to include copy-protection schemes. Listen.

Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal has little sympathy for the
entertainment industry's legal rampage against tech companies and
consumers. But he thinks file-swapping of copyrighted music and movies is
just plain wrong. Listen.

Jim Hillegass, CEO of Minneapolis-based technology company J. River,
discusses his failed attempt to replace Napster with a pay-for-play music
downloading service called AfterNap. Listen.
 





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