I don't think Lawmeme's excellent guide to Ernest Miller's dissections of the INDUCE act developments has caught up with his latest offensive. Sen. Orrin Hatch and co. have written to the Register of Copyrights, Marybeth Peters, asking her to take charge of refining the INDUCE act by 7 September 2004.

"Asking Marybeth Peters to play a leadership role with regard to legislative changes to copyright law is like asking Dr. Jack Kevorkian to play a leadership role with regard to legislative changes to euthanasia law...

...Peters is to identify "proposed solutions" to "legitimate concerns." Unfortunately for the tech industry, Peters doesn't think there are any legitimate concerns with regard to the bill, at least according to her testimony: Copyright Office on INDUCE Act (IICA): It isn't Strong Enough. If anything, she thinks the bill is too soft on technology."

Ernest is not impressed.