Evan Brown has a succinct explanation of the various parts of the new FAIR USE Act, the bill introduced in Congress last week that would make several changes to the anti-circumvention provisions to allow certain uses that have become problematic over the 8 years those provisions have been in place: InternetCases.com -- Evan Brown, Chicago intellectual property and Internet attorney. He provides a link to the bill so you can read along as he explains.
He also points out 2 problems with the bill, but not the biggest problem of all -- its likelihood, or lack there of, of getting passed. Still, this bill in some form or another has been and I bet, will continue to be introduced in every legislative session until some day, anti-circumvention is going to be modified in some ways. It may not happen until those who use DRM have given up on it in favor of other business models...
