Lawmakers Want MP3.Com Service Legal
According to CNET several US congressmen have introduced a bill that would make the My.MP3.Com service (listening to your CDs online after you prove you own the CD) legal. Their "Music Owners' Listening Rights Act of 2000" bill would allow companies the right to copy CDs, store them online, and stream the songs to listeners who own the CD which is pretty much what the MP3.com service does. That wouldn't help its Universal lawsuit though
If passed, the bill could have far-reaching effects in creating online locker systems outside the control of the record companies. But it wouldn't do much to help MP3.com's situation--the lawsuit brought against it is for legal violations made under existing law, and changing a law in the future wouldn't help it escape liability.
Comment on this story48 Comments
The Games of E3 08: What to Look For
Tom Clancy's HAWX Footage Takes to the Skies
Team Fortress 2 Patch Arrives
Games for Change Imagine Cup Winners Announced
Animal Boxing Brings Quadruped Pugilism to DS
Google Unveils PlayStation Home-like Social Network App for Facebook, MySpace
