Denise Howell says: "According to the L.A. Times, President Bush is expected to sign a fascinating piece of legislation, the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act."
Alex at Copyfight asks (and answers) what, exactly, did Congress propose to legalize, in response to this story with the headline "Congress legalizes DVD Censorship".
Ed Felten says: "Let's review. The FMA prevents no speech. The FMA allows more speech. The FMA prevents private parties from suing to stop speech they don't like. The FMA is not censorship. The FMA prevents censorship."
Eric also discusses another pillar of FEMA: "The ART Act adds two new major criminal standards: (1) using a camcorder to record a film in a movie theater, and (2) the willful distribution of pre-release software, movies and music by making it available on a computer network accessible to the public."