Support DMCA reform - help pass HR 1201

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has been wreaking havoc on consumers' fair use rights for the past seven years. Now Congress is considering the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act (DMCRA, HR 1201), a bill that would reform part of the DMCA and formally protect the "Betamax defense" relied on by so many innovators. HR 1201 would give citizens the right to circumvent copy-protection measures as long as what they're doing is otherwise legal. For example, it would make sure that when you buy a CD, whether it is copy-protected or not, you can record it onto your computer and move the songs to an MP3 player.

Everyone needs to read this HR bill. Is seems that the goverment is starting to open its eyes to what the RIAA and the MPAA is doing. If you don't remember the DMCA was first drafted by the RIAA and there are alot of elected officials in the back pocket of these two groups. Go to the EFF website and send your support for this bill to your representives.