More on the Elcomsoft case and the Boucher bill.....Rep. Rick Boucher believes the DMCA needs revision even though Elcomsoft was acquitted yesterday. By legalizing circumvention for fair use (and a few other purposes), Boucher's bill would prevent similar prosecutions in the future and free companies like Elcomsoft from the risk of a jury conviction. The last Congress did not adopt the bill, but Boucher will reintroduce it next month when the new Congress convenes.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/18/2002 01:19:00 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.
