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To: i-node who wrote (1002)	1/18/2003 11:55:36 PM
From: MSI	Respond to of 7936

Mischief includes pharma extensions beyond 17 and 20 years to phony add-on protections for virtually the same drug, and Hollywood spokesman Jack Valenti claims intellectual products are indefinitely protected by gov't for their creators or their corporate interests, contrary to law. He's either ignorant or deliberately deceptive. Here's a bill this week to counter that : "Legislation would extend fair-use of digital content" "Most of the members of the House have very little understanding of the ramifications of DMCA. We need to re-establish in balance the asset of consumer rights." Consume rs' rights have been diminished in the digital age, and it's time to fight back "offensively," Doolittle said. "If movie studios had their way, three quarters of new products shown on the CES show floor today, such as VCRs and DVDs, wouldn't have b een here," Doolittle said. Ultimately with technical IP control, the plan is for everything you see and hear through the media to have a carefully calibrated price, hopefully with nothing left to explore competing sources. With too much slowdown of the pace at which IP gets into the public domain, you see only what you buy, and the majority of the world becomes hidden behind "for sale" signs.