FC: Three Washington hijinks: Porn domains, DRM labels, .gov secrets

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.com.com/2100-1028-994201.html

   Use misleading domain name, go to jail?
   By Declan McCullagh

   March 26, 2003, 11:23 AM PT
   WASHINGTON--The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote
   Thursday on a proposal that would criminalize using misleading domain
   names to lure unsuspecting people to sex sites.

   Under the proposal, a last-minute amendment to an unrelated child
   abduction bill, people who knowingly use an innocent-sounding domain
   name to drive traffic to a sexually explicit Web site could be fined
   and imprisoned for two to four years. An example of an
   innocuous-sounding domain name with pornographic content is
   WhiteHouse.com, which is not sponsored by the Bush administration.

   [...]

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http://news.com.com/2100-1028-994176.html

   Senator calls for copy-protection tags
   By Declan McCullagh

   March 26, 2003, 8:45 AM PT
   WASHINGTON--Software, music and movies that employ copy-protection
   schemes must be prominently labeled with consumer warnings, according
   to a bill introduced in Congress this week.

   The measure, sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., would grant the
   Federal Trade Commission the power to establish labeling methods for
   technology that limits the ability of consumers to freely copy,
   distribute or back up digital content.

   [...]

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http://news.com.com/2100-1028-994216.html

   Bush order covers Internet secrets
   By Declan McCullagh

   March 26, 2003, 12:11 PM PT
   President George W. Bush has signed an executive order that explicitly
   gives the government the power to classify information about critical
   infrastructures such as the Internet.

   Bush late Tuesday changed the definition of what the government may
   classify as confidential, secret and top-secret to include details
   about "infrastructures" and weapons of mass destruction. The new
   executive order also makes clear that information related to "defense
   against transnational terrorism" is classifiable.

   [...]




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