FC: MPAA wants to hack your PC, push "broadcast flag" laws

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

See also:

"Look out, pirates: RIAA wants to hack your 
PC"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02656.html

"Rep. Howard Berman declares war on P2P networks, plans new laws"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03702.html

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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-945691.html?tag=politech

   Hollywood heads up anti-piracy charge
   By Declan McCullagh
   July 22, 2002, 5:20 PM PT

   WASHINGTON--Hollywood's lobbyists are readying a new legislative push
   on Capitol Hill.

   On Monday, a lawyer for the Motion Picture Association of America said
   to expect new bills soon to assail illicit peer-to-peer file trading
   and curtail the piracy of digital TV broadcasts.

   [...]

   Last month, Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., said he was writing a bill
   that would allow aggrieved content owners to launch technological
   attacks against file-swapping networks where their wares are traded.

   "No one in the motion picture industry has any interest in invading
   your computer or doing anything malicious with your files," said the
   MPAA's Attaway. "The idea is to make unauthorized file sharing
   sufficiently inconvenient or at least unsuccessful."

   [...]




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