CDT Submits Comments in Music Licensing RulemakingIn comments submitted today to the Copyright Office, CDT, EFF, Public Knowledge, and four other groups expressed support for the goal of providing greater licensing clarity to digital music services. That clarity could assist in the continued growth of the lawful online music market. The comments warned, however, that this goal could be undermined by rules that unnecessarily address controversial questions with important implications outside the music licensing context, such as the legal status of "buffer copies." CDT and its allies instead argued for a narrowly-tailored rule that would serve as a "safe harbor" covering any copies created in the course of providing a digital music service. August 28, 2008
Comments in Rulemaking Proceeding on Sec. 115 Compulsory License [PDF] August 28, 2008
Press Release on Sec. 115 Comments August 28, 2008
Policy Post on Music Licensing Issues
November 02, 2007
In comments filed with the Department of Homeland Security today, CDT highlighted privacy concerns implicated by DHS' new system of databases to record personal information and border crossing history. CDT called on DHS to reduce the 15-year period for retaining records of the date, time and place an American re-enters the United States at the land borders, and to limit the vast array of "routine uses" for which that data can be shared with other government agencies, foreign governments, and the public. In related comments, CDT urged DHS to work with states and other issuers of new "enhanced drivers licenses" to provide the department with access only to personal information about drivers crossing the border rather than information about all those holding EDLs, and to ensure that states do not create their own records of drivers' border crossing activities. August 25, 2008
CDT Comments on Border Crossing Information System of Records [PDF] August 25, 2008
CDT Comments on Non-Federal Entity Data System of Records
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August 25, 2008