Finally! A technology company that is willing to stand up for its future!

Gateway has launched a great new campaign to help educate consumers about their rights in the digital marketplace and help educate lawmakers about the dangers of attempting to regulate innovation.

Thanks Gateway — for standing up for all of us!
(And for putting an advertising budget behind it!)

Here’s a quote from the Your Personal Rights & Responsibilities as an MP3 User section of the new Gateway Digital Music Website:

Gateway believes:

• You have the right to make copies for your own use of any CD you’ve purchased legally — so you can listen to it in different locations and have a backup if something happens to your original copy.

• You have the right to enjoy legally acquired music in any format you want — like converting CD tracks to MP3 files to take with you on a portable or car MP3 player.

• You have the right to download music from the Internet that you’ve paid for or that’s been made available for download by the artist or record label.

Some content distributors want the government to regulate your ability to do these things. There’s even a bill before the U.S. Senate that would force the technology industry to implement anti-piracy technology that could prevent all digital copying – even copying that’s legal today under U.S. copyright laws.

If this concerns you, it’s time to protect these rights. Take action. Write your senator and congressman.

Get more information at www.digitalconsumer.org, www.digmedia.org, or www.hrrc.org. Let’s protect our right to legally use technology to improve the quality of life.