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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: California's Sen. Feinstein cozies up to SSSCA, anti-copying laws
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51072,00.html
Cal Senator: Hollywood Over Tech
By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com)
2:00 a.m. March 15, 2002 PST
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein may come from Northern
California, but she's siding with Hollywood instead of Silicon
Valley.
Feinstein suggested on Thursday that Congress might need to
intervene in what has become a highly visible tussle between
content owners worried about online piracy and tech firms that fear
intrusive new regulations. And since the two-term senator chairs a
technology subcommittee, she's in a position to turn her views into
law.
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Feinstein held up a burned
CD with a pirated version of the movie Shrek that she said an aide
had downloaded from a peer-to-peer network. "This is Napster times
10, because no one can shut these services down," Feinstein warned.
"Widespread movie piracy is just around the corner."
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