Scott Klug: “Madam Speaker, we have in front of us a very difficult balancing act, essentially trying to protect the American…”

“Madam Speaker, we have in front of us a very difficult balancing act, essentially trying to protect the American creative community across the world, people who make movies and television shows, book publishers and the recording industry. But in an era of exploding information, we also have to guarantee access to libraries and also university researchers, to make sure we do not enter a new era of pay per view, where the use of a library card always carries a fee and where the flow of information comes with a meter that rings up a charge every time the Internet is accessed. Today we have a reasonable compromise in front of us, and I want to thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Bliley) and the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell) for their leadership. I urge adoption of the bill. I rise in support of H.R. 2281, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 and request permission to revise and extend my remarks and to submit additional materials into the record.”