Six Steps toDigital Copyright

SanityMonday, February 11, 2008The Digital Broadband Migration: Information Policy for the Next AdministrationUniversity of Colorado School of Law

Reforming a Pre-VCR Law for a YouTube World

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Gigi B. Sohn

President and Co-Founder

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Fair Use Reform

Limits on Secondary Liability

Protections Against Copyright Abuse

Fair and Accessible Licensing

Orphan Works Reform

Notice of Technological and Contractual Restrictions on Digital

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• Add incidental, transformative and non-commercial personal uses

• Allow for indexing

• Fair use to DMCA anticircumvention provisions

• Make legal the manufacture and distribution of circumvention tools under DMCA

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• Codify the Sony Betamax Standard

• Eliminate Statutory Damages for Secondary Liability

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Limits on Secondary Liability

• Punish those who “knowingly and recklessly” send false DMCA notices

• Copyright abuse relief

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• Encourage market clearinghouses and creative commons-like alternatives

• Music composition licensing reform

• Performance royalty reform: % of broadcaster revenues & money goes directly to artists

• Performance v. download distinction

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• Pay “reasonable compensation” after reasonable search

• Visual registries using image recognition technology

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• Must provide clear and simple notice

• Failure to notify considered unfair or deceptive trade practice

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