[FC-discuss] House passes COAA with p2p provisions intact

[Elizabeth Stark]

Right, and part of the problem in fighting against this bill is that it's
*so* long and this is just one small provision, so many people may overlook
it or vote for it anyway because they like the rest of the bill.

I guess the question is how we get someone to propose a change to this
specific section...

On Feb 10, 2008 6:20 PM, Gavin Baker <gavin at gavinbaker.com> wrote:

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> Right, there are some provisions that should help control textbook
> costs, etc. It's gotta be a fairly decent bill for the House to vote so
> overwhelmingly for it. That's why it's so nefarious to stick something
> like this in, too.
>
> Fred Benenson wrote:
> | The general feeling is that other sections of the bill are not as bad as
> | the onedealing with "digital theft" -- That campuses notify and explain
> | copyright infringement and so on.
> |
> | My understanding is that there are also other sections that deal with
> | fair pricing of text books and so on.
> |
> | On Feb 10, 2008 2:30 PM, Venkatesh Srinivas <me at acm.jhu.edu
> | <mailto:me at acm.jhu.edu>> wrote:
> |
> |     Have any of you looked at the rest of this bill for what effects it
> |     might contain, good or bad? The copy I have here is 747 (!!)
> pages...
> |
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