Thank you once again

On May 12, 2004, Congressman Boucher convened an impressive panel of experts to discuss the DMCRA. For video highlights of the hearings please look at:

http://files.dmusic.com/video/newindex.html

Audio of Phil Leigh’s interview with Boucher here:

http://files.dmusic.com/video/boucher2.mov

I would like to take a moment to thank the representative for his work to restore fair competition and fair use via H.R. 107, but i would like to ask his personal opinion on its prospects of it becoming law.

Of particular concern is the extremely pro-content leaning of the senate, and the vows of opposition from people who have received hundreds of thousands of media lobby dollars in the judiciary committee.

Their speech in reaction to the bill, however, i find funny. They speak of copyright as being “balanced”, when DRM combined with the DMCA allows the content creators to bypass congressional authority and directly regulate consumer electronics.

Any economist could immediately see the inherent imbalance and danger of placing a large sector of our economy under the regulatory control of it’s enemies.