CEA's Shapiro defends consumer recording rights during CATO Institute copyright debate.(BUSINESS)
Home Networks, May, 2006
The content industry must stop its campaign to thwart technological innovation and restrict consumer rights, stated Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) president and CEO Gary Shapiro during a CATO Institute conference titled "Copyright Controversies: Freedom, Property, Content Creation and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)." Shapiro's comments underscored written testimony submitted with the US Senate Judiciary Committee on behalf of the Home Recording Rights Coalition (HRRC) as the committee considers new legislation which would restrict well-established consumer recording practices.
"Our nation's leadership in innovation is being threatened by the content industry's campaign to extend intellectual property law so as to grant them the right...
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