Electronics Guru Takes Stand For Copyright Reform

ELECTRONICS GURU TAKES STAND FOR COPYRIGHT REFORM
[SOURCE: Technology Daily 1/8, AUTHOR: Andrew Noyes]
The dean of the consumer electronics sector, Gary Shapiro, used his opening keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday to promote "fair use" of copyrighted content for technology users and the Digital Freedom campaign that he helped launch last year. The initiative to oppose "crippling restrictions" on individuals' technology rights, unveiled in October, was met with opposition from the content industry. The project has a major presence at CES this week. For two decades, Shapiro and his team have fought legislative proposals that would "restrict, tax, ban and hobble" technologies, he said. Those efforts have been successful, but innovators still face "debilitating lawsuits" as consumers and venture capitalists remain worried about the legal limits of new products and services, he said.
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