IP: A CALL TO END COPYRIGHT CONFUSION or the "best" laws money can buy (djf)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
>
>
> A CALL TO END COPYRIGHT CONFUSION
> Issue: Copyright
>
> Jack Valenti predicts that Congress will require copy-protection controls in
> nearly all consumer electronic devices and PCs. The President of the Motion
> Picture Association of America warned  technology firms to move quickly to
> choose standards for wrapping digital content in uncopyable layers of
> encryption or the federal government will do it for them. Valenti's remarks
> came during a one-day workshop titled "Understanding Broadband Demand:
> Digital Content and Rights Management," organized by the U.S. Commerce
> Department. Congress is currently considering legislation to embed digital
> rights management in any "interactive digital device," from personal
> computers to wristwatches. Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-South Carolina) has
> circulated drafts of his bill, the Security Systems Standards and
> Certification Act (SSSCA), which is on hold until Congress is done with
> spending measures and work related to Sept. 11. Academics and free-speech
> groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation are very critical of the
> SSSCA.
>
> [SOURCE: Wired, AUTHOR: Declan McCullagh and Ben Polen]
> <http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,49201,00.html>

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