Fair Use Legislation-Urgent
Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:06:03 -0400
This is very important information about Fair Use
legislation, on which you should take action. It ultimately
concerns our ability to use material from films in our
research, because a Fair Use amendment *is* now being
considered in the mark up of a major digital copyright
bill. This amendment needs strong support.
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On Wednesday, June 17 and Thursday June 18, 1998 the House
Telecommunications Subcommittee marked-up H.R. 2281, the WIPO legislation.
Progress has been made! Given the subcommittee's movement towards
meaningful changes and a full Commerce Committee mark-up tentatively
scheduled for Wednesday, June 24, 1998 it is critically important that CALLS
and FAXES, e-mails and letters cover the entire Commerce Committee. (A list
of Commerce Committee members with contact information has been included for
your convenience.) It is imperative that concerned voices
be heard on Capitol Hill in support of fair use and digital
copyright legislation that continues to balance the needs
of information owners and users.
The Klug-Boucher fair use amendment was proposed at the telecommunications
mark-up. After discussion with the leadership of the Commerce Committee and
the Telecommunications Subcommittee, this amendment was pulled with the
understanding that both sides would work-out appropriate language to protect
fair use. In the absence of some negotiated compromise, the crucial
Klug-Boucher amendment will receive an up-or-down vote. It says:
"All rights, limitations, and defenses with respect to copyright that are
available to a user of a work under title 17, United States Code, including
but not limited to fair use, shall apply to all actions arising under this
section."
Support for the Klug-Boucher fair use amendment should be
sent to Chairman Bliley, to subcommittee chairman
Tauzin, to ranking Democrat Dingell, to ranking subcommittee Democrat
Markey, and to all 50 members of the Commerce Committee.
It would be useful to contact every member of the House
Commerce Committee via fax, phone, e-mail, or letter.
Contacts will be most effective if they are received by
midday on Tuesday, June 23, 1998.
House Commerce Committee less co-sponsors of H.R. 3038
Daniel Bennett Anna G. Eshoo (CA-14-D) 202-225-8104 202-225-8890
David Jorgenson James E. Rogan (CA-27-R) 202-225-4176 202-225-5828
Henry A. Waxman (CA-29-D) 202-225-3976 202-225-4099
Peter Uhlmann Christopher Cox (CA-47-R) 202-225-5611 202-225-9177
Diana DeGette (CO-1-D) 202-225-4431 202-225-5657
Peter Krug Clifford B. Stearns (FL-6-R) 202-225-5744 202-225-3973
Rebecca Hyder Michael Bilirakis (FL-9-R) 202-225-5755 202-225-4085
Fritz Hirst Peter Deutsch (FL-20-D) 202-225-7931 202-225-8456
Sherri Green Nathan Deal (GA-9-R) 202-225-5211 202-225-8272
Michael D. Crapo (ID-2-R) 202-225-5531 202-225-8216
Carol Richardson Bobby L. Rush (IL-1-D) 202-225-4372 202-226-0333
Timothy Kurth[PARA]Amy Jensen J. Dennis Hastert (IL-14-R) 202-225-2976
202-225-0697
Morna Gibbons John M. Shimkus (IL-20-R) 202-225-5271 202-225-5880
Greg Ganske (IA-4-R) 202-225-4426 202-225-3193
Edward Whitfield (KY-1-R) 202-225-3115 202-225-3547
Whitney Fox W. J. Tauzin (LA-3-R) 202-225-4031 202-225-0563
James Ballentine Albert R. Wynn (MD-4-D) 202-225-8699 202-225-8714
Colin Crowell Edward J. Markey (MA-7-D) 202-225-2836
Matt Berzok Bart Stupak (MI-1-D) 202-225-4735 202-225-4744
Jonathan Terry Frederick S. Upton (MI-6-R) 202-225-3761 202-225-4986
John D. Dingell (MI-16-D) 202-225-4071
Andy Walker Karen McCarthy (MO-5-D) 202-225-4535 202-225-4403
Rick A. Lazio (NY-2-R) 202-225-3335 202-225-4669
Cinnamon Rogers Thomas J. Manton (NY-7-D) 202-225-3965 202-225-1909
Jason Steinbaum Eliot L. Engel (NY-17-D) 202-225-2464 202-225-5513
Eric Burns Bill Paxon (NY-27-R) 202-225-5265 202-225-5910
Richard M. Burr (NC-5-R) 202-225-2071 202-225-2995
Bob Foster Michael G. Oxley (OH-4-R) 202-225-2676
Jim Steen[PARA]Gerald Couri Paul E. Gillmor (OH-5-R) 202-225-6405
202-225-1985
Ted Strickland (OH-6-D) 202-225-5705 202-225-5907
Derrick Owens Thomas C. Sawyer (OH-14-D) 202-225-5231 202-225-5278
Bob Bolster Steve Largent (OK-1-R) 202-225-2211 202-225-9187
Thomas Allen Coburn (OK-2-R) 202-225-2701 202-225-3038
Peter Madaus Ron Klink (PA-4-D) 202-225-2565 202-226-2274
Judy Borger James C. Greenwood (PA-8-R) 202-225-4276 202-225-9511
Bart Gordon (TN-6-D) 202-225-4231 202-225-6887
Beth Hall Joe Barton (TX-6-R) 202-225-2002 202-225-3052
Walter Gonzalez Gene Green (TX-29-D) 202-225-1688 202-225-9903
Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. (VA-7-R) 202-225-2815 202-225-0011
Peter Schalestock Rick White (WA-1-R) 202-225-6311 202-225-3524
Barbara Cubin (WY-1-R) 202-225-2311 202-225-3057
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Robert Kolker
English Department
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
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http://www.otal.umd.edu/~rkolker
301.405.6250
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