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Contact Information:
Marjorie Heins, Director, Free Expression Policy Project, 212.807.6222
x 12
Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Communications Director, FEPP, 212.807.6222
x 17
December 12, 2002
FREE EXPRESSION THINK TANK RELEASES GUIDE TO COPYRIGHT BATTLES
Should teenagers be allowed to swap music over the Internet?
Should computer hackers be permitted to decrypt the entertainment
industry’s electronic locks on e-books, songs, or movies? Where
should we draw the line between rewarding creativity through the
copyright system and society’s competing interest in the free
flow of ideas?
In light of these and other concerns which have become the subject
of heated debate in Congress, academia, and the arts and entertainment
industries, the Free Expression Policy Project announces its release
of "The Progress of Science and Useful Arts": Why Copyright Today
Threatens Intellectual Freedom. This 71-page policy report --
available now online at www.fepproject.org/policyreports/copyright.html
demystifies such complex laws as the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright
Term Extension Act and Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and deconstructs
the underlying conflicts over "fair use," parody, copying, and
the public domain.
The report contains eight recommendations for a better-balanced
public policy on copyright and free expression. What with the
U.S. government prosecuting a Russian company for creating a device
to decrypt electronic books, and entertainment companies trying
to shut down file-sharing programs like Grokster and KaZaA, this
timely report will be an invaluable guide to the copyright battles
that lie ahead.
Founded in 2000, the Free Expression Policy Project is a think
tank on artistic and intellectual freedom that seeks free-speech
friendly solutions to the concerns that drive censorship campaigns.
For more information about copyright and other free expression
issues, visit www.fepproject.org.
Marjorie Heins, Director
Free Expression Policy Project
275 Seventh Ave., 9th floor
New York, NY 10001
212-807-6222 x 12
www.fepproject.org
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