[free-sklyarov] FC: Sen. Hollings plans to introduce DMCA sequel: The SSSCA

[alfee cube]

well at least were awake this time!

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> sequel: The SSSCA
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> Text of SSSCA draft bill:
> http://www.politechbot.com/docs/hollings.090701.html
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> Politech archive on DMCA:
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http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=dmca
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46655,00.html
> 
>     New Copyright Bill Heading to DC
>     By Declan McCullagh (declan at wired.com)
>     4:19 p.m. Sep. 7, 2001 PDT
> 
>     WASHINGTON -- Music and record industry
> lobbyists are quietly readying
>     an all-out assault on Congress this fall in
> hopes of dramatically
>     rewriting copyright laws.
> 
>     With the help of Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.), the
> powerful chairman of the
>     Senate Commerce committee, they hope to embed
> copy-protection controls
>     in nearly all consumer electronic devices and
> PCs. All types of
>     digital content, including music, video and
> e-books, are covered.
> 
>     The Security Systems Standards and Certification
> Act (SSSCA),
>     scheduled to be introduced by Hollings, backs up
> this requirement with
>     teeth: It would be a civil offense to create or
> sell any kind of
>     computer equipment that "does not include and
> utilize certified
>     security technologies" approved by the federal
> government.
> 
>     It also creates new federal felonies, punishable
> by five years in
>     prison and fines of up to $500,000. Anyone who
> distributes copyrighted
>     material with "security measures" disabled or
> has a network-attached
>     computer that disables copy protection is
> covered.
> 
>     Hollings' draft bill, which Wired News obtained
> on Friday, represents
>     the next round of the ongoing legal tussle
> between content holders and
>     their opponents, including librarians,
> programmers and open-source
>     advocates.
> 
>     [...]
> 
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