2006-01-25

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Board Meeting

Agenda

Continuation of 2005-01-22

• Determining policy recommendations for DMCA/p2p
• Getting the policy paper written
• What to do with web volunteers?

Minutes

Attendance: Karen, Nelson, Gavin, Fred

p2p Manufacturers

• One idea -- get rid of statutory damages for secondary liability/"inducement"
  • see this article by Fred VL
  • What about getting rid of statutory damages generally? Good for deterrence, but they also function as humongous punishments for acts that may have done no harm...
    • Leave it for the notes
  • There might be a need for deterrence for secondary damages, too... otherwise could result in a "pirate now pay later" situation?
  • We should talk to Fred VL, others... maybe move p2p entirely to the notes?

p2p Downloaders

• VCLs? (see EFF proposal)
  • Awesome, but they can't be legislated...
  • A mandatory license could be, but do we want to resort to that?
• Get rid of statutory damages for p2p downloading for private non-commercial use?
  • Only if we're getting rid of those damages for manufacturers, too... Why should inducement be punished *more* harshly than actual infringement?

Getting the paper done

• Need to get lots of feedback from chapters/allies, but first we need to:
  • Either form p2p and DMCA policies or table them to notes
    • Tabled
  • Compile/complete the notes overall
  • Decide whether or not to move patent fair use to notes
    • Moved