[free-sklyarov] Would I have to pay for the Privilege

[Declan McCullagh]

Short answer, seems to me, to be "maybe." But only reasonable fees,
whatever that means.

-Declan

On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 10:32:54AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 12:21:24PM -0400, Sean DuVally (sean at thefreevoice.org) wrote:
> > Under the SSSCA, If I were to manufacture a interactive digital device,
> > would I have to pay for a license for a certified security technology? 
> > Who would certify the this technology? Would it be something similar 
> > licensing from the DVD-CCA? Would this technology be proprietary? 
> > How would this effect Free Software? There are alot of things to 
> > think about. 
> 
> Under "reasonable and nondiscriminatory" licensing practices, very
> likely there would be patent fees involved.
> 
> Certification is by the Secretary of Commerce, as is detailed repeatedly
> in the proposed bill.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
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