{"id":12289,"date":"2002-07-25T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-07-25T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/uncategorized\/public-knowledges-president-reacts-to-peer-to-peer-self-help-bill\/"},"modified":"2002-07-25T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2002-07-25T20:00:00","slug":"public-knowledges-president-reacts-to-peer-to-peer-self-help-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/public-knowledges-president-reacts-to-peer-to-peer-self-help-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Knowledge’s President Reacts to Peer-to-Peer Self-Help Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. | While enforcing the Copyright Act and preventing copyright infringement are worthy goals, Representative Berman's Peer-to-Peer Self-Help bill goes too far. Rep. Berman's bill gives the content industry great latitude to engage in harmful behavior that could affect lawful consumer activities, as well as unlawful behavior. Whereas content providers have so far acted with great caution when engaging in self-help tactics, this bill shifts the burden to consumers and makes it difficult for them to recoup any losses resulting from misguided self-help.<\/p>\n

Gigi B. Sohn
President, Public Knowledge<\/p>\n

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Public Knowledge is a public-interest advocacy and education organization that seeks to promote a balanced approach to intellectual property law and technology policy that reflects the “cultural bargain” intended by the framers of the constitution.<\/p>\n

More information available at: http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Contact<\/h2>\n

Art Brodsky
Communications Director
Public Knowledge
abrodsky@publicknowledge.org<\/a>
Telephone: (202) 518-2000 x312
Cellphone: (301) 908-7715<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While enforcing the Copyright Act and preventing copyright infringement are worthy goals, Representative Berman's Peer-to-Peer Self-Help bill goes too far. Rep. Berman's bill gives the content industry great latitude to engage in harmful behavior that could affect lawful consumer activities, as well as unlawful behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPublic Knowledge's President Reacts to Peer-to-Peer Self-Help Bill - Public Knowledge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. 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