Re: Digital Content Security Act



2005-12-22, Responding to Imhotep...
> Well, the movie Nazi's are trying it again...
>
> ..."Congress is leaving a special gift under the tree for Hollywood's film
> industry. Just before closing for the holidays, legislators introduced a
> new proposal designed to curb redistribution of movies.The Digital
> Transition Content Security Act would embed anticopying technology into the
> next generation of digital video products. If it makes its way from Capitol
> Hill to the Oval Office and becomes law, the measure will outlaw the
> manufacture or sale of electronic devices that convert analog video signals
> into digital video signals, effective one year from its enactment. PC-based
> tuners and digital video recorders are listed among the devices."
>
> http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/22/0123210&from=rss
>
> Imhotep

Hmmm... Double whammy?

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24638


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