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In the current copyright debates, critics are constantly complaining that intellectual property protections, in particular the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), stand in the way of “fair use.

While many people in the copyright debate talk about "fair use," they seldom say which uses are of concern. But without specifics, it is hard to provide balanced exceptions to copyright protection. Congress should codify "fair use of necessity" and many instances of "economic fair use" so that people will know what is allowed, while reserving fair use primarily for the "transformative" or "productive" uses that reflect the
goal of copyright.

Here’s an idea that would save Americans billions of dollars.

By now we’re all aware of the dangers of being connected to the Internet through viruses, worms, and spyware.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon is close to achieving a legislative victory by reforming Mexico’s pay-as-you-go public pension system covering 2.

The Federal Communications Commission has recognized a new era of cable TV with its adoption of new franchising rules, and so will consumers as those rules are implemented.

On March 22, the Senate defeated an amendment by Senator DeMint (R-SC) that would have made it possible under the Congressional Budget Resolution for the Congress to stop spending Social Security surpluses on other government programs and begin saving the Social Security surplus for future generations.

The blogs are awash in outrage over the Copyright Royalty Board's (CRB) decision about the royalty rates that Internet radio broadcasters must pay for the use of songs protected by copyright.

In considering whether to pass a bill, Congress relies on the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to estimate, or “score,” the effects the proposed legislation would have on tax revenues and government spending.

The wave of state video franchise reform legislation, beginning in Texas and improved in Indiana, continues this year in many states, and the benefits are already apparent.