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Subject: ALAWON v7, n18 - ACTION ALERT: MARKUPS OF IP BILLS IMMINENT

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ALAWON                                        Volume 7, Number 18
ISSN 1069-7799                                  February 20, 1998

     American Library Association Washington Office Newsline

In this issue: (144 lines)

IMMEDIATE ACTION ALERT: PREMATURE MARKUPS OF TWO INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY BILLS IMMINENT; COSPONSORS NEEDED FOR H.R. 3048 LIBRARY
BILL

Note: This message, and important supporting material, has been
transmitted in 2 parts.  This ALAWON is part 1 of 2.
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                    IMMEDIATE ACTION ALERT:
      PREMATURE MARKUPS OF TWO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BILLS
    IMMINENT; COSPONSORS NEEDED FOR H.R. 3048 LIBRARY BILL

IMMEDIATE ACTION ALERT:
Library supporters represented by any member of the full
House Judiciary Committee -- especially members of its
Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property -- are
asked to write, call or fax their House representatives AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE regarding two bills strongly OPPOSED by the
library community:

*   H.R. 2281, the WIPO Copyright Treaties Implementation
Act (a flawed and incomplete proposal to protect the rights
of some information owners that would jeopardize the future
of fair use and the public's access to electronic
information); and

*   H.R. 2652, the Collection of Information Antipiracy Act
(a dangerously over broad bill to provide sweeping new
protection for "databases" that threatens access to even
public domain information).

Although strongly opposed by libraries and many others in
the public and private sectors, these bills are scheduled to
be considered by the Subcommittee on February 26 and March
12 respectively. However, no such markup is contemplated at
this time for WIPO-related bill which the library community
supports -- H.R. 3048, the Digital Era Copyright Enhancement
Act by Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Tom Campbell (R-CA).
HR 3048 would update the nation's copyright laws in a way
that fully protects fair use, digital preservation, library
lending, distance education, and access to technology needed
to engage in such activities.

NOTE: A list of the House Judiciary Committee's members with
contact information is printed at the end of this message.
Background on both bills opposed by the library community
follow this alert in a separate ALAWON.  Information about
the library friendly Boucher/Campbell bill may be found
online from the Digital Future Coalition at www.dfc.org.

KEY MESSAGE POINTS:
*  it is premature for the Subcommittee on Courts and
Intellectual Property to vote on either HR 2652 or HR 2281;

* additional hearings are needed on HR 2652 to determine
whether the protection it would provide is justified, and a
first hearing is needed on the library-friendly HR 3048; and

* Members of the House Judiciary Committee are encouraged to
evaluate and cosponsor HR 3048.

The U.S. Capitol Switchboard phone number is 202-224-3121.
Additional detail about these bills, and the complexities of
the library positions regarding them, are available from the
Digital Future Coalition at www.dfc.org. An Association of
Research Libraries Summary and Status of H.R. 2652 is
available at http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/
hr2652sum.html.  Inquiries also may be directed to Adam
Eisgrau, legislative counsel for the ALA Washington Office,
at 800/941-8478.

    HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS AND
                     INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  ST-DST  PTY  REPRESENTATIVE                PHONE      FAX
                                             (Use 202 area
code)
  AR-3    R    Asa Hutchinson                225-4301   225-5713
* CA-16   D    Zoe Lofgren                   225-3072   225-3336
* CA-23   R    Elton Gallegly                225-5811   225-1100
* CA-26   D    Howard L. Berman              225-4695   225-5279
  CA-27   R    James E. Rogan                225-4176   225-5828
  CA-35   D    Maxine Waters                 225-2201   225-7854
* FL-8    R    Bill McCollum                 225-2176   225-0999
* FL-12   R    Charles T. Canady             225-1252   225-2279
  FL-19   D    Robert Wexler                 225-3001   225-5974
  GA-7    R    Bob Barr                      225-2931   225-2944
** IL-6   R    Henry J. Hyde, Chair          225-4561   225-1166
  IN-5    R    Stephen E. Buyer              225-5037   225-2267
* IN-7    R    Edward A. Pease               225-5805   225-1649
* MA-4    D    Barney Frank                  225-5931   225-0182
  MA-5    D    Martin T. Meehan              225-3411   226-0771
* MA-10   D    William D. Delahunt           225-3111   225-5658
* MI-14   D    John Conyers, Jr., Rnk. Dem.  225-5126   225-0072
  NJ-9    D    Steve R. Rothman              225-5061   225-5851
  NM-1    R    Steven H. Schiff              225-6316   225-4975
  NY-8    D    Jerrold Nadler                225-5635   225-6923
  NY-9    D    Charles E. Schumer            225-6616   225-4183
* NC-6    R    Howard Coble                  225-3065   225-8611
  NC-12   D    Melvin L. Watt                225-1510   225-1512
  OH-1    R    Steve Chabot                  225-2216   225-3012
  PA-17   R    George W. Gekas               225-4315   225-8440
  SC-4    R    Robert D. Inglis              225-6030   226-1177
  TN-1    R    William L. Jenkins            225-6356   225-5714
  TN-7    R    Edward G. Bryant              225-2811   225-2989
  TX-18   D    Sheila Jackson Lee            225-3816   225-3317
  TX-21   R    Lamar S. Smith                225-4236   225-8628
* UT-3    R    Christopher B. Cannon         225-7751   225-5629
  VA-3    D    Robert C. Scott               225-8351   225-8354
* VA-6    R    Bob Goodlatte                 225-5431   225-9681
* VA-9    D    Rick Boucher                  225-3861   225-0442
* WI-9    R    F. J. Sensenbrenner, Jr.      225-5101   225-3190

* Members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and
Intellectual Property; Rep. Coble, Chair and Rep. Frank,

Ranking Minority Member.
** Chair of the full House Judiciary Committee
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