Previous Politech messages: "More on Rep. Boucher's nastygram and copy-protected CDs" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03004.html "Rep. Boucher sends nastygram to music firms re: copy-protected CDs" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02997.html --- And, more recently: http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,50810,00.html WASHINGTON -- The U.S. music industry will continue to experiment with controversial copy-protected CDs, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. --- http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50886,00.html House Rep's Rap: Unshackle the CD By Declan McCullagh (declanat_private) 2:00 a.m. March 7, 2002 PST WASHINGTON -- Music CDs equipped with copy protection will, if Rick Boucher gets his wish, soon be as obsolete as eight-track cassettes. The feisty Democratic congressman from Virginia says he plans to introduce legislation banning, or at least regulating, compact discs outfitted with anti-copying technology. Few discs sold in America currently feature the controversial scheme -- but the recording industry expects that as worries over digital piracy grow, the technique will become widespread. "Suffice to say, there probably will be a legislative response to ensure that consumer rights will be protected," Boucher said in an interview. Boucher's complaints are twofold: Americans may not know they're buying crippled discs, and that the new discs don't work on all players. "The big problem initially is that consumers have no information that is complete and reliable about the disabilities which attend copy-protected CDs," Boucher said. "These CDs will not play in DVD players, not play on personal computers (and) not even play on all CD players." [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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