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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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