FAIR USE Act aims to clarify copyright limits

By Thomas Claburn

Calling the fair use rights of consumers of digital media "severely threatened," two congressmen on Tuesday introduced the Freedom And Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007 (FAIR USE Act) to restore balance to copyright law.

U.S. Representatives Rick Boucher (D-VA) and John Doolittle (R-CA) proposed the legislation to amend the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The 1988 landmark bill is widely seen by consumer advocacy and cyber liberties groups as favoring corporate owners of copyrighted content at the expense of consumers and fair use rights.


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