Wired News article on the CBDTPA: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51245,00.html The bill, called the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA), prohibits the sale or distribution of nearly any kind of electronic device -- unless that device includes copy-protection standards to be set by the federal government.
The text of the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA) is available here: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/ Here's Sen. Fritz Hollings' (D-SC) statement and press release: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/hollings.cbdtpa.release.032102.html Statements from supporters and opponents: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/mpaa.cbdtpa.release.032102.html http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/riaa.cbdtpa.release.032102.html http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/bsa.cspp.iti.release.032102.html Archive on SSSCA (now, of course, called the CBDTPA): http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=sssca -Declan --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]