Ding Dong, the Copyright Modernization Act is Dead
Friday, September 29, 2006 at 1:37 PM
Tags: 2, XM
The Copyright Modernization Act (HR 6052), which seeked to change the rules on the licensing and delivery of digital music, has died. XM Satellite Radio ran a grassroots campaign earlier this week, in a mass email sent to all subscribers, urging readers to oppose this legislation.
In the email, XM claimed that HR 6052 would "drive up our costs and stop us from offering radios that allow you to record XM channels for your later listening - in the same way that TiVo allows you to record TV for later viewing."
Well, it's dead. When the bill's sponsor, Senator Lamar Smith, said he'd like to delay HR 6052 until next year, "a collective sigh of relief was let out from a few rows of audience, comprised of consumer device manufacturers and some service providers," according to Public Knowledge.
[Public Knowledge via About The Image]
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One down, one to go.
Posted by: theicepik ? | September 29, 2006 2:06 PM
HA!
This calls for a beer. 2 moere hours...
Posted by: MarkS ? | September 29, 2006 2:06 PM
I'm glad to see Satellite Radio finally bought a few Senators of their own... Although reading "consumer device manufacturers" leads one to assume that the clout behind the killing of this Act was not Siri/XM...
Posted by: MikeHunt ? | September 29, 2006 2:41 PM
Smith is a Representative, not a Senator. He has a terrible history. This is great news.
Posted by: Pinball Wizard | September 29, 2006 2:41 PM
Good riddance.
Now if we can just can the RIAA.
Posted by: SatelliteRadioFan ? | September 29, 2006 5:25 PM
These nutless wonders are just waiting until after the election...Communism is looking better all the time as China kicks our ass.
Posted by: pockpie | September 29, 2006 7:21 PM
Figures this bill was sponsored by a republican.
Posted by: James | September 30, 2006 2:33 PM
The Perform Act is the same thing as the copyright modernization act.
Both are DEAD.
This will most likely lead the judge in the RIAA case to grant XM's motion to dismiss.
Posted by: 93mustang | September 30, 2006 2:56 PM