http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46671,00.html Hollywood Loves Hollings' Bill By Declan McCullagh (declanat_private) 2:00 a.m. Sep. 11, 2001 PDT WASHINGTON -- Entertainment industry lobbyists say programmers and open-source activists should not be alarmed by a controversial proposal to embed copy-protection controls in nearly all PCs and consumer electronic devices. In interviews Monday, representatives of the Walt Disney Company and News Corp. defended a draft of the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA) as a reasonable compromise that will spur high-speed Internet access, boost hardware and thwart piracy. "This is an exceedingly moderate and reasonable approach," said Preston Padden, executive vice president of the Walt Disney Company, which helped to craft the legislation. Wired News has obtained a draft of the SSSCA, which Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-South Carolina), chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, plans to introduce this month. "We think it's likely to jumpstart the broadband revolution, because entertainment content will create consumer demand," Padden said. "If you're a computer company or if you make hubs and routers or if you're trying to build a broadband network, you want this bill." [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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