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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: CBDTPA hits House: Democratic legislator readying companion bill
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Date sent: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:29:32 -0500
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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Subject: FC: CBDTPA hits House: Democratic legislator readying companion bill
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Text of Rep. Adam Schiff's (D-California) "Dear Colleague" letter:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/schiff.dear.colleague.032702.ht
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Politech archive on CBDTPA:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51400,00.html
Another Punch for Copy Protection
By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com)
12:00 p.m. March 28, 2002 PST
WASHINGTON -- A political brawl over mandatory copy protection is
about to spread to the U.S. House of Representatives.
A Democratic legislator from the home of the Walt Disney and Warner
Bros. studios is drafting a bill to reduce online piracy by
implanting strict copy controls in digital devices.
On Wednesday, Rep. Adam Schiff of Burbank, California, circulated a
letter on Capitol Hill seeking co-sponsors for his legislation,
which he said would follow the same approach as the Consumer
Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA) in the
Senate.
"I plan to introduce legislation that would safeguard digital
content by spurring the rapid development of copyright protection
technology," Schiff's "Dear Colleague" letter said. "Similar
legislation, S. 2048, has been introduced in the Senate. I believe
this is a necessary step and I encourage you to join me in this
effort.
[...]
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