IP: ADVANCED BULL -- you know what -- Hollywood lobbyists laud SSSCA as "exceedingly reasonable" bill

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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>From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com
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>http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46671,00.html
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>    Hollywood Loves Hollings' Bill
>    By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com)
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>    2:00 a.m. Sep. 11, 2001 PDT
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>    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.
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>    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.
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>    "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.
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>    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.
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>    "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."
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