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08/30/2001 Entry: "Digital Copyright Review Seeks Some Changes"

Digital Copyright Review Seeks Some Changes

A study released on Wednesday on how revised U.S. copyright law is working in the digital age recommends some legislative changes to clarify fair use by purchasers of legal copies.


But the U.S. Copyright Office study did not find sufficient evidence for a digital provision in that part of traditional copyright law that allows the owner of a legal copy of a work to sell or give it away.


There were problems, it said, ensuring that the sender of a digital work destroyed his or her copy. Physical copies degraded with time while digital formats could be reproduced flawlessly and disseminated nearly instantly to almost anywhere at little cost.


"We find the analogy to the physical world to be flawed and unconvincing,'' the study said.