FCC Shouldn't Ignore Copyright Office, Says FSF
The FCC set-top plan would “more aptly be named the ‘Enable Copyright Violations’ Proposal,” said the Free State Foundation in a blog post Monday. “The Copyright Office's concerns (see 1608040062) about the FCC's proposed improper curtailment of video programmers' copyrights…
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come from a straightforward reading of the law,” FSF said. Critics of the CO letter are wrong to attack the office’s intent, FSF said. Public Knowledge “incorrectly insinuates” that the Copyright Office misrepresented the FCC proposal, FSF said. “A fair reading of the letter shows the Copyright Office understands the distinction between the Commission's stated intent behind ‘Unlock the Box’ and the actual practical effect of its proposal,” said FSF. “The Copyright Office, charged by law with advising Congress on copyright issues and interpretations of the nation's copyright laws, has now articulated the copyright problems in a manner that the Commission should not ignore.”