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Senator pulls support for copyright bill

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By Declan McCullagh

Staff Writer, CNET News.com

September 5, 2002, 5:01 PM PT

A key Republican senator on Thursday withdrew his support for an anti- piracy bill that would make it a crime to distribute counterfeit authentication features including digital watermarks.

Sen. George Allen, R-Va., said he could no longer support a proposal titled Anticounterfeiting Amendments of 2002 because of changes that came just before a committee voted in July to send it to the Senate floor.

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