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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: California's Sen. Feinstein cozies up to SSSCA, anti-copying laws




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Date sent:      	Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:36:08 -0500
From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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Subject:        	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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