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The Politicians Are Getting Involved - Stop Them

The NY Times reported the following in today's (3/14) paper:

The draft of the bill that Senator Hollings (D - S. Carolina) plans to propose prohibits creating, selling or distributing "any interactive digital device that does not include and utilize certified security technologies."
The Hollywood media conglomerates, led by Disney (the same folks who wanted to replace Koppel w/ Letterman), are pressing Congress to enact stringent anti-digital copying laws. If you are a voting age American citizen, then as an interested party, please contact your legislator and express your side of the story.

"(those who) allow themselves to become nothing, will have no place on this earth." - V.S. Naipaul
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Yes, thing are getting extreme -for no reason. It would be meaningless to make restricted digital hardware/software to prevent common piracy. What will happen is every geek on earth will acquire and A/D converter and rip the music from the analog outputs of their CD player right into their trusty PC. Most pirates only want access to music and don't give a hoot about fidelity (ever heard MP3?).
I could further state the obvious but it's supper time...

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