Online Consent for Sharing Video Service Use

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Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Thank you, mister ranking member.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to passage of H.R. 2471. This bill will make it easy for video producers to be able to sell to others information that consumers may feel is private.

Now, I, myself, don't want folks to know that I have ordered up ``Debbie Does Dallas.'' I may not mind if they know that I ordered up ``J. Edgar,'' but I don't want them to know that I ordered ``Good Girls Gone Bad.'' And on behalf of Judge Robert Bork, I certainly wouldn't want anyone to be able to uncover the fact that he's been ordering up relentlessly the film ``Bad Boys of Summer.''

We have a right to privacy, and that right should not just be given away without adequate knowledge on behalf of the consumer what they're giving away.

This bill has proceeded to the suspension calendar without any kind of hearing before the Judiciary Committee on whether or not the bill should be marked up or not. We have not heard from experts. We don't know what kind of waiver by Internet, we don't know the mechanics of that waiver. We don't know how easy it will be to waive your right. It could be as easy as waiving your right to a jury trial in a cell phone contract. For those reasons, I ask that this bill be denied.

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