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Commerce Power Shift Could Shake Up Piracy, Broadband Debates

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A28399-2002Dec23

By David McGuire washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Monday, December 23, 2002; 7:47 AM

As the newly Republican Senate prepares to take office in January, high-tech lobbyists are anxiously waiting to see how the power shift affects the measures they care about most. In the Commerce Committee, which holds sway over a clutch of high-tech issues, Arizona Republican John McCain's return to the chairmanship could shift the balance in key debates over broadband and electronic copyright protection.

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McCain wird Senator Hollings ablösen; der Artikel befaßt sich insbesondere mit den Chancen, die Hollings' SSSCA noch haben könnte.

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