Jonathan Band Quotations

A lot of Internet businesses are based on aggregating information. H.R. 354 could really stifle the growth of all kinds of Internet businesses.

A lot of Internet businesses are based on aggregating information, ... H.R. 354 could really stifle the growth of all kinds of Internet businesses.

UCITA, Title One of the DMCA, and the database legislation is a three-legged stool, ... These three things acting together set frightening rules on how people can use information in the future.

Until now, there's been a lot of skepticism whether these shrink-wrapped licenses are enforceable, ... UCITA says this is a contract, so all arguments that have existed in the past go out the window. The only hope you have is that the Supreme Court will rule that it's pre-empted.

The problem at a theoretical level with Title One is that it targets technology rather than use of technology. By outlawing technology, you outlaw legitimate uses, too.

It might not change the result in the case -- it could be that the proper standards are applied and Napster still loses. We're totally neutral on the issue of how this applies to Napster.

Napster disabled lots of people, but told them if they were not sued in 10 days that they could ask that their material be reposted, ... Napster could put them back up and be protected. Safe harbor still applies.

I don't see how making a few snippets of a work available to a user could have any negative impact on the market.

Title Two, on the whole, is a good statute. It provides a degree of certainty for service providers, so that they know what their exposures are.