Innovation occurs at the consumer level (Score 1)

What this article fails to recognize, is that innovation occurs at every level of commerce. Producers are not the sole innovators. In fact the very existence of the commercial digital content offerings available today is proof that producers ultimately take their cues from their customers. Legal music download offerings are a response to the file sharing made possible by individuals exercising their fair use rights to move content from one storage medium to another.

It is the consumer driven innovation that is being threatened. Rep. Boucher is right to try defend consumer rights.