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Press coverage about the controversial bill.
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-866337.html
"A controversial bill calling for copyright-protection technology in all 'digital media products' is introduced in the Senate." By John Borland. [CNet]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/28/2137253
"House member Adam Schiff of Burbank is seeking a co-sponsor for his House version of Hollings' CBDTPA." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/story/01/09/08/0238200/congress-plans-dmca-sequel-the-sssca
"The sequel is called the 'Security Systems Standards and Certification Act,' and it requires PCs and consumer electronic devices to support 'certified security technologies' to be approved by the Commerce Department." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/01/0126202
"The Electronic Frontier Foundation has an Action Alert on the SSSCA along with a sample letter." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/09/22/copycontrol_senator_sleeps_while_fairuse/
"Picture a future where distributing Linux is a crime punishable by a hefty fine and a prison sentence. If that sounds ridiculous, then you haven't run into the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act." By Dan Berkes. [Newsforge]
http://slashdot.org/yro/02/04/10/2051220.shtml
Reader discussion of Reuters article about public opposition to the bill. [Slashdot]
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-869902.html
"The media industry is painting tech executives as uncooperative and uncommitted to the cause of copy protection, a charge that has drawn protests--and now action--from device manufacturers." By John Borland. [CNet]
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/07/162202
"Fox News is running an article that slams Sen. Fritz Hollings ('The Senator from Disney') and the Democrats (with the notable exception of Rick Boucher) as having betrayed their principles." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/yro/01/10/01/1435208.shtml
Discussion of EE Times story about the SSSCA and how it divides the industry. [Slashdot]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/2345249
Information about where to find transcribed text and Web form for submitting comments to Senate Judiciary Committee. Reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20020322/1519245_F.shtml
"Yesterday we mentioned the fact that Senator 'Disney Pays My Bills' Hollings had finally introduced the awful CBDTPA bill. It's (not surprisingly) being talked about everywhere, but Wired has a good article explaining why the bill would cause tremendous harm to the US tech world." News and reader discussion. [Techdirt]
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03289.html
Four public comments in opposition to the CBDTPA, submitted to the Senate Judiciary.
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-867918.html
"Government and industry leaders say lawmakers would in effect decide the tech industry's 'winners and losers' if proposed government controls on digital media devices become reality." By Stefanie Olson. [CNet]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/10/1452217
"Red Hat has announced a legislation alert for the SSSCA. They are collecting comments to hand to lawmakers." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,47296,00.html
Editorial criticizing Senator Fritz Holling and Democrats for siding with the entertainment industry and against consumers. By Glenn Harlan Reynolds. [Fox News]
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/04/203234
Poster asks for arguments to use when talking to their senator. Reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/15/024217
The US Senate Judiciary Committee website has a link requsting comments on DRM and the SSSCA. With reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/03/01/senator_brutalizes_intel_rep/
"Entertainment industry lapdog Senator Fritz Hollings (Democrat, South Carolina) lashed out at Intel executive VP Leslie Vadasz who warned that the copy-protected PCs Hollings is obediantly promoting on behalf of his MPAA and RIAA handlers would stifle growth in the marketplace." By Thomas C Greene. [Register]
http://slashdot.org/story/01/09/21/2054226/senator-hollings-and-the-sssca
Discussion of NewsForge story about Senator Hollings' support of SSSCA and his money coming from entertainment industry companies, their lawyers, and their lobbyists. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/story/02/03/01/1423248/sssca-hearing
"A Senate Bill will likely force the issue of adding copy protection to hardware." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/19/1954207
News and reader comments about Senate Commerce Committee hearing. [Slashdot]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/26/126230
"Senate Commerce Committee's hearings on the SSSCA have been postponed due to mounting opposition, particularly from those in the tech community." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/story/02/03/21/2344228/sssca-introduced-in-senate
"Wired is reporting that Hollings has officially submitted his newly renamed SSSCA, carrying the moniker Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA)." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/27/1617221
"Only temporarily tripped up by Sept. 11th (and of course journalists and webmasters calling his office), Fritz Hollings is starting hearings on embedding copy protection in all digital devices and making the removal or circumvention of these protections a crime." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://www.angelfire.com/zine/workisa4letterword/news/2001/sssca.htm
"The music and recording industry with the help of Senator Fritz Hollings (D - S.C.), the powerful chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, are pressuring Congress to rewrite the copyright laws, in their favor." [Workisa4letterword]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/1415241
"The Computer Systems Policy Project, a trade group which includes IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Compaq, Dell, and Motorola, has officially stated their opposition to the SSSCA, calling it 'an unwarranted intrusion by the government.'" News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
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