[luau] Legislative Alert: SSSCA becomes CBDTPA
Jeff Mings
jeffm at lava.net
Fri Mar 22 17:15:43 PST 2002
Warren,
I am absolutely livid about this bill. I am deeply embarassed that
our own senator has prostituted himself to the corporations supporting
this. I emailed Abercrombie, Akaka, and Inouye about this a few weeks
ago when we heard the first rumblings. Akaka's office actually wrote
back to me without saying anything meaningful, but sounded decidedly
favorable to the bill. I have been considering how to most effectively
fight this, and I will GLADLY work with you in this matter. Let me know
what you're planning.
Thanks,
Jeff Mings
Warren Togami wrote:
>http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51274,00.html
>
>PLEASE READ THIS ARTICLE
>The SSSCA has been submitted to the senate as the Consumer Broadband and
>Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA) which would require copy
>protection in every piece of hardware and software that is Federally
>approved.
>
>The DMCA is already an unconstitutional law with unreasonable and
>unenforcable restrictions that infringe on freedoms of code (speech) and
>academic study. The CBDPTA takes this a step further. Among the reasons
>like egregious abuse of fair-use, technical impossibility of keeping copy
>protection secure, and economic detriment to the United States, this would
>effectively OUTLAW Open Source Software. I can't begin to describe this
>eloquently, so please read that article above and the EFF Alert below for
>more details.
>
>"Joining Hollings as co-sponsors of the CBDTPA are one Republican and four
>Democrats: Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), John Breaux
>(D-Louisana) and Dianne Feinstein (D-California)."
>
>Oh crap... Our very own senator Daniel Inouye is supporting this bill.
>
>http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html
>For more background information about the CBDTPA and what you can do about
>it, please visit the EFF. If you care about this issue, please soon mail or
>fax letters in disapproval to our representatives in Washington and also the
>Senate public comment. Also please consider joining the EFF if you support
>these issues of electronic freedom.
>
>Hawaii is trying to make itself a "High Tech" state. If the Techies of
>Hawaii oppose this bill, Inouye can't possibly support it. I want to
>organize an educational group locally to raise awareness among the Hawaii
>Tech community about the wrongness of CBDPTA. Who would be willing to work
>with me? I can't do this alone.
>
>Warren Togami
>warren at togami.com
>
>
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