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IP: A CALL TO END COPYRIGHT CONFUSION or the "best" laws money can buy (djf)
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 03:04:17 -0500
From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> A CALL TO END COPYRIGHT CONFUSION Issue: Copyright Jack Valenti predicts that Congress will require copy-protection controls in nearly all consumer electronic devices and PCs. The President of the Motion Picture Association of America warned technology firms to move quickly to choose standards for wrapping digital content in uncopyable layers of encryption or the federal government will do it for them. Valenti's remarks came during a one-day workshop titled "Understanding Broadband Demand: Digital Content and Rights Management," organized by the U.S. Commerce Department. Congress is currently considering legislation to embed digital rights management in any "interactive digital device," from personal computers to wristwatches. Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-South Carolina) has circulated drafts of his bill, the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA), which is on hold until Congress is done with spending measures and work related to Sept. 11. Academics and free-speech groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation are very critical of the SSSCA. [SOURCE: Wired, AUTHOR: Declan McCullagh and Ben Polen] <http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,49201,00.html>
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