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New Copyright Bill Heading to DC - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/09/46655
"Music and record industry lobbyists are quietly readying an all-out assault on Congress this fall in hopes of dramatically rewriting copyright laws." By Declan McCullagh. [Wired] |
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What Hollings' Bill Would Do - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/03/51275
"A bill introduced by Senate Commerce Chairman Fritz Hollings would prohibit the sale or distribution of nearly any technology -- unless it features copy-protection standards to be set by the federal government." By Declan McCullagh. [Wired] |
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Anti-Copy Bill Hits D.C. - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/03/51245
"Sen. Fritz Hollings has fired the first shot in the next legal battle over Internet piracy." By Declan McCullagh. [Wired] |
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Republicans Should Back Recording Artists, Consumers - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,47296,00.html
Editorial criticizing Senator Fritz Holling and Democrats for siding with the entertainment industry and against consumers. By Glenn Harlan Reynolds. [Fox News] |
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Content Spat Split on Party Lines - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/03/50754
"A Senate debate over embedding copy protection controls in all consumer electronic devices took a sharply partisan turn on Thursday." By Declan McCullagh and Robert Zarate. [Wired] |
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Another Punch for Copy Protection - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/03/51400
"A political brawl over mandatory copy protection is about to spread to the U.S. House of Representatives." By Declan McCullagh. [Wired] |
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SSSCA Gets a Hearing Oct. 25 -- Can It Be Stopped? - http://www.linux.com/articles/18179
"Senator Fritz Hollings will testify about his proposed SSSCA legislation before the Senate Commerce Committee on October 25." By Tina Gasperson. Reader comments. [Linux.com] |
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Senator Fritz Hollings (D-Disney) Avoids Talking about SSSCA - http://www.linux.com/articles/17027
"Picture a future where distributing Linux is a crime punishable by a hefty fine and a prison sentence. If that sounds ridiculous, then you haven't run into the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act." By Dan Berkes. Reader comments. [Linux.com] |
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Howling Mad Over Hollings' Bill - http://www.wired.com/gadgets/portablemusic/news/2002/03/51337
"Jim Dinda's apartment is a high-tech entertainment haven, but that could change if a bill that restricts how electronics devices work is passed into law." By Brad King. [Wired] |
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Open Source Advocates May Find Opposing Hollings Bill Makes for Strange Bedfellows - http://www.linux.com/articles/22249
"It is taking a while, but Open Source opponents to Senator Fritz Hollings' newest anti-copying legislation are starting to get traction -- with a lot of help from a variety of big business types." By Jack Bryar. [Linux.com] |
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Anti-Piracy Bill Finally Sees Senate - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-866337.html
"A controversial bill calling for copyright-protection technology in all 'digital media products' is introduced in the Senate." By John Borland. [CNet] |
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Proposed Anti-Piracy Bill Braws Fire - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-867918.html
"Government and industry leaders say lawmakers would in effect decide the tech industry's 'winners and losers' if proposed government controls on digital media devices become reality." By Stefanie Olson. [CNet] |
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D.C. Anti-Piracy Plans Fuel Culture Clash - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-869902.html
"The media industry is painting tech executives as uncooperative and uncommitted to the cause of copy protection, a charge that has drawn protests--and now action--from device manufacturers." By John Borland. [CNet] |
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Digital Security Fomenting a Feud - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/02/50702
"A Senate committee is stepping into the middle of an increasingly vocal spat over the future of technology: how to prevent illicit copying of digital content." By Declan McCullagh. [Wired] |
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Anti-Copy Bill Slams Coders - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/03/51274
"The Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA) would also wreak havoc on programmers and software companies -- both those distributing code for free and those selling it." By Declan McCullagh. [Wired] |
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High-Tech: U.S. Out of Hollywood - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/02/50716
"America's largest and most powerful tech firms have agreed on one point: Keep Congress far away from digital content standards." By Declan McCullagh. [Wired] |
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House Cool to Copy Protection - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/03/50784
"The U.S. House of Representatives doesn't seem willing to intercede in an increasingly bitter dispute over embedding copy protection controls in all consumer electronic devices." By Declan McCullagh and Robert Zarate. [Wired] |
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Hollywood Loves Hollings' Bill - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/09/46671
"Entertainment industry lobbyists say programmers and open-source activists should not be alarmed by a controversial proposal to embed copy-protection controls in nearly all PCs and consumer electronic devices." By Declan McCullagh. [Wired] |
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Cal Senator: Hollywood Over Tech - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/03/51072
"Sen. Dianne Feinstein may come from Northern California but she's siding with Hollywood instead of Silicon Valley." By Declan McCullagh. [Wired] |
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SSSCA Hearings Postponed Under Heavy Opposition - http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/26/126230
"Senate Commerce Committee's hearings on the SSSCA have been postponed due to mounting opposition, particularly from those in the tech community." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot] |
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Tech Heavyweights and the SSSCA - http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/1415241
"The Computer Systems Policy Project, a trade group which includes IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Compaq, Dell, and Motorola, has officially stated their opposition to the SSSCA, calling it 'an unwarranted intrusion by the government.'" News and reader discussion. [Slashdot] |
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More On Why The CBDTPA Sucks - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20020322/1519245_F.shtml
"Yesterday we mentioned the fact that Senator 'Disney Pays My Bills' Hollings had finally introduced the awful CBDTPA bill. It's (not surprisingly) being talked about everywhere, but Wired has a good article explaining why the bill would cause tremendous harm to the US tech world." News and reader discussion. [Techdirt] |
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SSSCA Hearing - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/01/1423248
"A Senate Bill will likely force the issue of adding copy protection to hardware." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot] |
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Further Analysis of the Draft SSSCA - http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/10/2/14345/9096
The SSSCA raises artificial barriers to market entry and have the opposite effect intended by the creation of copyright. [kuro5hin] |
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Copy Protection Bill Divides Industry, Hollywood - http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20010928S0110
"A draft copy-protection bill backed by Hollywood heavyweights is triggering an outcry from PC and consumer electronics companies who say the legislation would force them to relinquish control of key system design technologies." By Junko Yoshida and George Leopold. [EE Times] |
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Industry Divided Over SSSCA - http://slashdot.org/yro/01/10/01/1435208.shtml
Discussion of EE Times story about the SSSCA and how it divides the industry. [Slashdot] |
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Senator Hollings and the SSSCA - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/21/2054226
Discussion of NewsForge story about Senator Hollings' support of SSSCA and his money coming from entertainment industry companies, their lawyers, and their lobbyists. [Slashdot] |
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SSSCA Introduced in Senate - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/21/2344228
"Wired is reporting that Hollings has officially submitted his newly renamed SSSCA, carrying the moniker Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA)." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot] |
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Fox Explains Why SSSCA Is Bad - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/07/162202
"Fox News is running an article that slams Sen. Fritz Hollings ('The Senator from Disney') and the Democrats (with the notable exception of Rick Boucher) as having betrayed their principles." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot] |
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Copyright May Threaten Open Source - http://www.networkcomputing.com/buzzcut/bc24sep01.html
If you think open source is free, think again. Pending legislation and some questionable reverse-engineering statutes may limit your ability to deploy, manage and modify your software. By Sean Doherty. [Network Computing] |
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Congress Plans DMCA Sequel: The SSSCA - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/08/0238200
"The sequel is called the 'Security Systems Standards and Certification Act,' and it requires PCs and consumer electronic devices to support 'certified security technologies' to be approved by the Commerce Department." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot] |
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Forget DMCA, the New Nemesis 'SSSCA' - http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/9/8/126/20924
"It seems we truly have a complete take over of the legislative process spearheaded by Hollywood pressure, for the second time." News and reader discussion. [kuro5hin] |
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SSSCA: The DMCA's Evil Twin Brother - http://www.angelfire.com/zine/workisa4letterword/news/2001/sssca.htm
"The music and recording industry with the help of Senator Fritz Hollings (D - S.C.), the powerful chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, are pressuring Congress to rewrite the copyright laws, in their favor." [Workisa4letterword] |
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Politech: Everyone Hates SSSCA, CBDPTA in Comments to Senate Judicary Panel - http://www.politechbot.com/p-03289.html
Four public comments in opposition to the CBDTPA, submitted to the Senate Judiciary. |
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In-Depth on the CBDTPA - http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/31/5813/89574
"How misguided and potentially disastrous is the CBDTPA? Let me count the ways." Editorial and reader discussion. [kuro5hin] |
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CBDTPA Finds A Champion In the House - http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/28/2137253
"House member Adam Schiff of Burbank is seeking a co-sponsor for his House version of Hollings' CBDTPA." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot] |
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Seeking Arguments Against the CBDTPA? - http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/04/203234
Poster asks for arguments to use when talking to their senator. Reader discussion. [Slashdot] |
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Jolly New Threat to Our Freedoms - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/04/11/DD240137.DTL
Editorial by columnist Jon Carroll making an analogy to legally mandated retinal scanners in books so that only the original purchaser can read them. [San Francisco Chronicle] |
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Copyright Bill Universally Rejected - http://rtnews.globetechnology.com/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/C/20020410/gt?tf=tgam%252Frealtime%252Ffullstory_Tech.html&cf=globetechnology/tech-config-neutral&slug=gt&date=20020410&archive=RTGAM&site=Technology
Article about the overwhelming consumer opposition to the bill. [Reuters] |
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Don't Buy Hollywood's Broadband Script - http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2002/tc2002048_4230.htm
"In the name of copyright protection, the film industry wants to call all the shots in this debate, which could harm consumers." By Heather Green. [BusinessWeek] |