Friend, 02 08 96 Associated Press newsstory datelined Washington, headlined COPYRIGHT VIOLATORS SHOULD FACE CRIMINAL PENALTIES reports: The House Judiciary Committee's panel on courts and intellectual property is considering legislation...to clarify copyright law for electronic information. Panel = subcommittee. Its chairman is Carlos Moorhead, R-CA. He says the legislation [is] a "skeleton bill" which "We want to make sure we get...into law this session." The skeleton of the skeleton law = "recommendations by the Clinton ad- ministration." Moorehead also says: " We don't want to put so much meat on the skeleton that it dies of obesity." Testifying before the subcommitte were the Motion Picture Association of America's Valenti and Broadcast Music Inc's Preston who "agreed that the legislation should be passed quickly." Preston and Valenti rejected a proposal by Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., to exempt on-line service providers from copyright infringement liability.... So there goes cheap access to the 'Net. That's what "We don't want to put so much meat on the skeleton that it dies of obesity" MEANS! Cordially, Jim NOTE. The newsstory's www.nando.net online filename is: info7_24355.html This critical essay was composed 02 08 96.