Rob Spindler, Head
Dept. of Archives and Manuscripts
Arizona State University Libraries, Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 1998 12:06 PM
> To:
> Subject: Status of Boucher-Campbell Bill
>
> To: SAA Leadership List
>
> From: Susan Fox
>
> Re: Current Status of Copyright Legislation
>
> Date: March 20, 1998
>
>
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>
> I recently received the following update on the Boucher
> Campbell bill via the ALA Washington Office. If you are able to
> do so, I urge you to continue to contact your legislators to
> support this vital bill:
>
>
>
> >Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 12:27:12 -0500
> >From: ALAWASH
> >To: ALA Washington Office Newsline
> >Subject: ALAWON V7, n27-ACTION ALERT: CALLS & LETTERS FOR H.R. 3048
> > CRITICAL
> >
> >=================================================================
> >ALAWON Volume 7, Number 27
> >ISSN 1069-7799 March 19, 1998
> >
> > American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
> >
> >In this issue: (170 lines)
> >
> >ACTION ALERT: "DEDICATED DOZEN" COSPONSORS WRITE HOUSE
> >COLLEAGUES; CALLS AND LETTERS FOR COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION
> >CRITICAL
> >_________________________________________________________________
> >
> >ACTION ALERT: "DEDICATED DOZEN" COSPONSORS WRITE HOUSE
> >COLLEAGUES; CALLS AND LETTERS FOR COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION
> >CRITICAL
> >
> >Although Congress has been back in session barely seven
> >weeks, grassroots contacts with Congress by hundreds of
> >librarians and members of the Digital Future Coalition have
> >convinced twenty-five members of the House to cosponsor H.R.
> >3048, the Digital Era Copyright Enhancement Act, by Reps.
> >Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Tom Campbell (R-CA). This landmark
> >legislation would update the current Copyright Act for the
> >benefit of both information owners and address issues
> >critical to libraries -- fair use, digital preservation and
> >distance education.
> >
> >On March 11 a dozen of H.R. 3048's current House cosponsors
> >wrote House colleagues seeking further cosponsorship of this
> >vital legislation, citing the bill's advancement of digital
> >preservation, distance learning and technological innovation
> >of all kinds.
> >
> >These "dedicated dozen" champions of H.R. 3048 need your
> >help. H.R. 3048 has yet to receive a hearing, while heavily
> >flawed legislation which fails to address fair use, digital
> >preservation and distance education has already been
> >approved by the Courts and Intellectual Property
> >Subcommittee. That flawed bill, H.R. 2281, the WIPO
> >Copyright Treaties Implementation Act, is slated to be
> >considered by the full House Judiciary Committee later this
> >month.
> >
> >ACTION NEEDED:
> >If your Representative is among the twenty-five cosponsors
> >of H.R. 3048 listed below, please consider writing or
> >calling to again express your appreciation for their support
> >for libraries and balanced intellectual property policy.
> >
> >If you don't see your Representative's name, now is the time
> >to contact your member of the House of Representatives.
> >NOTE: This is especially important if your Representative
> >sits on the House Judiciary Committee, whose members are
> >also listed below.
> >
> >To help protect the future of library and public access to
> >information in the digital age, WRITE, FAX and CALL your
> >Representative NOW! Please ask them to:
> >
> >* Cosponsor H.R. 3048, the Digital Era Copyright Enhancement
> >Act by Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Tom Campbell (R-CA).
> >This potentially landmark bill would update the nation's
> >copyright laws in a way that fully protects fair use,
> >digital preservation, library lending, distance education,
> >and access to the technology needed to engage in such
> >activities;
> >
> >* Oppose H.R. 2281, WIPO Copyright Treaties Implementation
> >Act, and S. 1121, the WIPO Copyright and Performances and
> >Phonograms Treaty Implementation Act. These two flawed and
> >incomplete proposals to protect the rights of some
> >information owners, but which would jeopardize the future of
> >fair use and the public's access to electronic information
> >
> >CURRENT COSPONSORS OF H.R. 3048 (as of 3/17/98)
> >("Dedicated Dozen" includes Rep. Boucher and Reps. with "*")
> >
> >STATE PARTY REPRESENTATIVE
> >
> >CA D-6th Lynn Woolsey
> >CA R-15th Tom Campbell (*)
> >CT R-4th Christopher Shays
> >CT D-5th James Maloney (*)
> >FL D-3rd Corrine Brown
> >GA R-10th Charles Norwood (*)
> >IL D-5th Rod Blagojevich
> >IL D-17th Lane Evans (*)
> >MA D-2nd Richard Neal
> >MN R-3rd Jim Ramstad
> >MN D-7th Collin Peterson
> >MS R-1st Roger Wicker
> >NJ D-6th Frank Pallone
> >NY D-10th Edolphus Towns (*)
> >NY D-11th Major Owens
> >NY R-25th James Walsh
> >OH D-13th Sherrod Brown (*)
> >OH R-19th Steven LaTourette (*)
> >OR D-4th Peter DeFazio
> >PA D-14th William Coyne (*)
> >SC D-6th James Clyburn
> >TX D-1st Max Sandlin
> >VA D-2nd Owen Pickett (*)
> >WI R-2nd Scott Klug (*)
> >WV D-3rd Nick Rahall (*)
> >
> >HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
> >(Constituents of these members are especially urged to
> >contact them now!)
> >
> > ST-DST PTY REPRESENTATIVE PHONE FAX
> > (Use 202 area code)
> > AR-3 R Asa Hutchinson 225-4301 225-5713
> > CA-16 D Zoe Lofgren 225-3072 225-3336
> > CA-23 R Elton Gallegly 225-5811 225-1100
> > CA-26 D Howard L. Berman 225-4695 225-5279
> > CA-27 R James E. Rogan 225-4176 225-5828
> > CA-35 D Maxine Waters 225-2201 225-7854
> > FL-8 R Bill McCollum 225-2176 225-0999
> > FL-12 R Charles T. Canady 225-1252 225-2279
> > FL-19 D Robert Wexler 225-3001 225-5974
> > GA-7 R Bob Barr 225-2931 225-2944
> > IL-6 R Henry J. Hyde, Chair 225-4561 225-1166
> > IN-5 R Stephen E. Buyer 225-5037 225-2267
> > IN-7 R Edward A. Pease 225-5805 225-1649
> > MA-4 D Barney Frank 225-5931 225-0182
> > MA-5 D Martin T. Meehan 225-3411 226-0771
> > MA-10 D William D. Delahunt 225-3111 225-5658
> > MI-14 D John Conyers, Jr., Rnk. Dem. 225-5126 225-0072
> > NJ-9 D Steve R. Rothman 225-5061 225-5851
> > NM-1 R Steven H. Schiff 225-6316 225-4975
> > NY-8 D Jerrold Nadler 225-5635 225-6923
> > NY-9 D Charles E. Schumer 225-6616 225-4183
> > NC-6 R Howard Coble 225-3065 225-8611
> > NC-12 D Melvin L. Watt 225-1510 225-1512
> > OH-1 R Steve Chabot 225-2216 225-3012
> > PA-17 R George W. Gekas 225-4315 225-8440
> > SC-4 R Robert D. Inglis 225-6030 226-1177
> > TN-1 R William L. Jenkins 225-6356 225-5714
> > TN-7 R Edward G. Bryant 225-2811 225-2989
> > TX-18 D Sheila Jackson Lee 225-3816 225-3317
> > TX-21 R Lamar S. Smith 225-4236 225-8628
> > UT-3 R Christopher B. Cannon 225-7751 225-5629
> > VA-3 D Robert C. Scott 225-8351 225-8354
> > VA-6 R Bob Goodlatte 225-5431 225-9681
> > *VA-9 D Rick Boucher 225-3861 225-0442
> > WI-9 R James Sensenbrenner, Jr. 225-5101 225-3190
> >
> >*Rep. Boucher (D-VA) is the author of H.R. 3048
> >_________________________________________________________________
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