[FYI] (Fwd) FC: State "mini-DMCA" bills raise alarums

["Axel H Horns" <axel.h.horns@gmx.net>]

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http://news.com.com/2100-1028-994667.html

    DMCA critics decry state-level proposals
    By Declan McCullagh

    March 28, 2003, 7:37 PM PT
    WASHINGTON--Critics of the federal Digital Millennium Copyright
    Act said Friday that they were disturbed by proposals for similar
    laws at the state level.

    Quietly, opponents said, with few people paying close attention,
    state legislators are considering bills that would be even broader
    than the controversial DMCA, which restricts bypassing
    copy-protection measures.

    The DMCA critics reacted with dismay this week after learning
    about the existence of the state bills when a lobbyist flagged one
    as disturbing, an industry source said. On Friday, library groups
    quickly dashed off a note to Arkansas and Colorado warning
    politicians there that their "proposed legislation is deeply
    flawed and should be rejected."

    [...]

    The group primarily responsible for the state bills is the Motion
    Picture Association of America, one of the most vocal supporters
    of the federal DMCA. The MPAA rejects the characterization of the
    state legislation as similar to the federal law, saying the state
    measures update cable and satellite protection laws to catch up
    with today's hacking technologies.

    [...]

Also see Ed Felten's writeups at:
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/




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