There are a couple of things that I would like to add to Derek's
extremely well written letter.
The bill is being co-authored by Sen. Fritz Hollings D-S.C.
(http://hollings.senate.gov/), chairman of the Senate Commerce
committee (http://commerce.senate.gov/), and Sen. Ted Stevens R-Alaska
(http://stevens.senate.gov/). There are e-mail links on both of the
senate pages. Disney is the financial backing according to several
articles that I have read
(http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46655,00.html)
Title 17 of the United States Code can be read in it's entirety at :
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/index.html. The title can be
searched for fair use, as there are several references to it.
One last point that I would like to bring up is that regardless of
how these so called security measures are implemented (either in
hardware or software), there are very scary results. Those security
measures need to be able to inspect all of the files, software, and
hardware that they come in contact with. This means that our privacy
will no longer exist. Simple things that protect our privacy will
become illegal. Encryption will prevent the security measures from
inspecting files, and therefore, it becomes a circumvention device.
Just so everyone knows, the definition of "Interactive Digital Device"
that they are using is as follows:
"INTERACTIVE DIGITAL DEVICE. -- The term "interactive digital device"
means any machine, device, product, software, or technology, whether
or not included with or as part of some other machine, device,
product, software, or technology, that is designed, marketed or used
for the primary purpose of, and that is capable of, storing,
retrieving, processing, performing, transmitting, receiving, or
copying information in digital form."
FYI,
Kenny
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