[Note the possible implications to DRM and SDR. steve]
Senate Commerce Committee Chmn. John McCain (R-AZ) announced agenda for
upcoming session, including several communications related issues. The
Commerce Committee will examine, in order of importance:
(1) Financial crisis in telecom industry
Unless something really strange happens, McCain takes over the
commerce committee. He's not as bad as Hollings on DRM, which is
damming with faint praise, but hardly laissez-faire in general. He was
one of the backers of the change-stock-options-accounting bill, quick
to campaign against social iss
At 12:29 PM 11/11/2002 -0800, Dewayne Hendricks wrote:
[Note: This comment comes from reader Chuck Jackson. DLH]
At 11:00 -0800 11/11/02, Steve Schear wrote:
> >With the Republicans taking control of the Senate, Sen. Ernst
> >Hollings will no longer be Chairman of the Commerce
> Com
Those with an interest in consumer rights and DRM may take heart. With the
Republicans taking control of the Senate, Sen. Ernst Hollings will no
longer be Chairman of the Commerce Committee. His drive to sell out
consumers for the special interests from Hollywood may now be blunted. It
will
