The Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act (DMCRA) is a proposed law in the United States that directly challenges portions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and would intensify Federal Trade Commission efforts to mandate proper labeling for copy-protected CDs to ensure consumer protection from deceptive labeling practices. It would also allow manufacturers to innovate in hardware designs and allow consumers to treat CDs as they have historically been able to treat them.
The DMCRA bill was introduced to the United States House of Representatives on January 7, 2003 as H. R. 107 by Rick Boucher. The bill was co-sponsored by John Doolittle, Spencer Bachus and Patrick J. Kennedy.
The bill was reintroduced into Congress once again on March 9, 2005 as H. R. 1201, the 'Digital Media Consumers Rights Act of 2005'. The 2005 bill's original co-sponsors were John Doolittle, and Joe Barton.
Some provisions of the bill were incorporated into the FAIR USE Act of 2007.
Read more about Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act: Official Summary of The Bill
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