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[Kate Johnson <johnk AT ils.unc.edu>]

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Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 18:12:27 -0500 
From: U.S. Rep. David Price <davidprice2 AT housemail.house.gov>
To: "'johnk AT ils.unc.edu'" <johnk AT ruby.ils.unc.edu>
Subject: Response to Your Concern


Dear Ms. Johnson:

Thank you for contacting me regarding H.R. 5211, legislation to limit the
liability of copyright owners for protecting their works on peer-to-peer
networks.

I understand your concerns about this legislation.  Although the intent of
the bill is to provide additional copyright protections, it could have
negative ramifications for consumers.  As you know, H.R. 5211 would exempt
copyright owners from criminal and civil liability for "disabling,
interfering with, blocking, diverting, or otherwise impairing" unauthorized
distribution of their copyrighted works.

H.R. 5211 has been referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.  No
hearings have been scheduled at this time.  It is unlikely that this
legislation will be considered by the full House in the limited time
remaining in the 107th Congress.

I hope this information is helpful.  Please continue to stay in touch on
issues of concern. 

Sincerely,

DAVID PRICE
Member of Congress


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Dear Mr. Price:

 I strongly urge you to resist the bill, sponsored by Reps. 
 Berman and Coble, that authorizes anti-P2P hacking by
record companies and movie studios.

 This is an odious and dangerous attempt by an industry
to use vigilante actions to protect its own bottom line.
Instead of invading and trashing the hard drives of American
citizens, this industry should revise its own business models.
Reps. Berman and Coble's action wreaks of an inept industry
buying protection via campaign donations.

 I urge you to resist this idiotic bill as a representative

 of the citizens of the NC 4th district.

 Thank you.