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| DATE | 2002-03-01 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Fwd: [fairuse-discuss] [FYI] (Fwd) FC: Senate Democrats love SSSCA -- but GOP says not so fast (fwd) [jays@panix.com]
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On 2002.03.01 16:26 Jay Sulzberger wrote:
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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 18:06:06 +0100
From: Axel H Horns
To: cryptography-at-wasabisystems.com
Subject: [FYI] (Fwd) FC: Senate Democrats love SSSCA -- but GOP says not so
fast
See also
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/24262.html
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Senator brutalizes Intel rep for resisting CPRM
By Thomas C Greene in Washington
Posted: 01/03/2002 at 14:41 GMT
Entertainment industry lapdog Senator Fritz Hollings (Democrat, South
Carolina) lashed out at Intel executive VP Leslie Vadasz who warned
that the copy-protected PCs Hollings is obediantly promoting on
behalf of his MPAA and RIAA handlers would stifle growth in the
marketplace.
"We do not need to neuter the personal computer to be nothing more
than a videocassette recorder," Vadasz said in testimony before the
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Thursday.
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Date sent: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 11:23:11 -0500
From: Declan McCullagh
To: politech-at-politechbot.com
Subject: FC: Senate Democrats love SSSCA -- but GOP says not so fast
Send reply to: declan-at-well.com
Politech archive on Sen. Hollings' SSSCA:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=sssca
Letter from SSSCA opponents:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/sssca.opponents.letter.022702.html
Intel letter to Hollings:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/intel.hollings.letter.022802.html
Draft text of the SSSCA:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/hollings.090701.html
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50754,00.html
By Declan McCullagh (declan-at-wired.com) and Robert Zarate
2:00 a.m. March 1, 2002 PST
WASHINGTON -- A Senate debate over embedding copy protection
controls in all consumer electronic devices took a sharply partisan
turn on Thursday.
During a packed hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee,
Democrats appeared far more eager for the government to intervene
in what has become a highly visible tussle between Silicon Valley,
which advocates a laissez-faire approach, and the Hollywood firms
lobbying Congress to step in to prevent piracy.
"When Congress sits idly by in the face of these activities, we
essentially sanction the Internet as a haven for thievery,"
committee chairman Fritz Hollings (D-South Carolina) told a panel
of witnesses that included Walt Disney chairman Michael Eisner,
News Corp. President Peter Chernin and Intel Executive Vice
President Leslie Vadasz.
[...]
"We might need to legislate," said Sen. John Kerry
(D-Massachusetts), though he emphasized that he would prefer the
private sector reach an agreement on how to protect copyrighted
electronic content.
"Unfortunately, one issue seems close to an impasse -- how do we
keep files from being illegally shared and distributed over the
Internet?" complained Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California).
Republicans appeared much more skeptical of the SSSCA -- which is,
after all, championed by a Democratic committee chairman -- and
argued legislation would be too interventionist.
In the 2000 election cycle, the entertainment industry gave
Democrats a whopping $24.2 million in contributions compared to
$13.3 million to Republicans, according to figures compiled by
opensecrets.org.
[...]
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