Members of copyright community will urge House lawmakers today (O...
Members of copyright community will urge House lawmakers today (Oct. 1) to kill HR-2724, Music Online Competition Act (MOCA), saying it would hurt Internet marketplace. In letter released Fri., 15 groups said they “strongly oppose” bill floated in Aug.…
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by Reps. Cannon (R-Utah) and Boucher (D-Va.). Groups are American Assn. of Ad Agencies, Assn. of American Publishers, Copyright Assembly, Interactive Digital Software Assn, Minor League Baseball, MPAA, National Baseball Assn., National Collegiate Athletic Assn., National Football League, National Hockey League, Office of Commissioner of Baseball, Professional Golfers’ Assn. of America, Professional Photographers of America, RIAA, Writers Guild of America, West. “America’s creative industries are investing huge resources in order to embrace e- commerce and the opportunities is presents,” Copyright Assembly members said. “The market is working but HR-2724 threatens to stifle America’s copyright industries by substituting government regulation on the Internet for business models and contractual arrangements that promote flexibility, experimentation and adaption to consumer demand.”