The telecom industry is weighing in on behalf of fair-use advocates and consumers against the IP industry. Declan McCullagh interviews Sarah Deutsch (VP and top lawyer for Verizon) in today's New.com. Quoting Deutsch: "It's been an interesting time to be on the same side as groups like Public Knowledge and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We find ourselves with shared interests in making sure that fair use is preserved, that users' expectation in new digital services are fulfilled, and that copyright is ultimately a law that involves balancing the interests of many parties. We have a 300-pound gorilla on one side of the scale. Many of us are joining together on the other, to reach that necessary balance." According to Deutsch, on these issues Verizon is joined by AT&T, WorldCom, U.S. Cable & Wireless, and the Bell companies.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/27/2002 07:26:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
