[mythtv-users] Congress to Make Commercial Skipping Illegal

Jonathan Link jonathan.link at gmail.com
Tue Nov 16 15:20:50 UTC 2004


IANAL, either, but this is clearly outlined by the Wired article.
The section you site pertains to Motion Pictures, not television, and
is meant to allow people to skip graphic/obscene parts of a Motion
Picture.

-Jonathan


On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:12:09 -0600, spectro <spectro at gmail.com> wrote:
> IANAL, IHMO sec 212
> (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c108:5:./temp/~c108pY1lnE:e35066:)
> seems to grant an exception to devices that allow commercial skipping.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:53:06 -0500, George Galt <george.galt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > All:
> >
> > The House has passed HR 2391, which is being considered by the Senate
> > today (11/16).  Successful passage by the Senate will put this bill on
> > the President's desk late this year or early next.
> >
> > This bill makes it a violation of the Copyright Act to skip
> > commercials using a technological means (hardware or software) -- and
> > it makes it a violation to make the computer program that allows
> > people to skip commercials.  You can get information on the bill here:
> > http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.02391:
> >
> > and you can read the Wired story on the bill here:
> >
> > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65704,00.html
> >
> > My suggestion is call your Senators and Representatives and let them
> > know that it is ridiculous to make it illegal for you to skip
> > commercials (assuming you agree that it is).
> >
> > You can reach your Senators and Representatives through the Capitol
> > switchboard at (202) 224-3121 or (202) 225-3121.  Or you can email
> > them by going to their web sites, which you can find through
> > www.senate.gov or www.house.gov.
> >
> > George
> >
> > 
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