Mary Wehmeier: CBDTPA - Intellectual Property LawsConsumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act, formerly known as the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act" (SSSCA), is the handiwork of Senators Hollings, Feinstein, Stevens, Inouye, Breaux and Nelson. This law would be deadly to the non corporate entertainment world as we know it today. Here are my views, opinions and the latest information.On the Lighter Side of Content Control- May 31, 2002 On the Lighter Side of Content Control: The Peanut Gallery's reporting: "On a side note, this little item at Restoration Hardware is very popular. " Hoist on Their Own Petard: Record industry unveils music format that can't be played in any computer. From urbanreflex.com Over the Edge No lie. This one's even analogue! I hate to mention this but the Thrift Shop over at the hospital Doug works at has three or four of these beauties for sale for less than $25.00.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/05/31.html#a328 ACM Steps to The Plate on DMCA and CBDTPA- May 24, 2002 ACM Steps to The Plate on DMCA and CBDTPA Jeff Grove of ACM's Public Policy Group has written an OpEd piece called: New Legislative Attempt to Regulate Technology Poses Additional Threats to Access. While Jeff elegantly explains the basics of the new proposed law. He goes one step further to express the same things I have been saying for months but a little differently. "By building on the DMCA, the CBDTPA continues to shift the balance of intellectual property protection in favor of.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/05/24.html#a317 Sony Music Lobbies for Ban on Markers - By Brian Briggs- May 24, 2002 Sony Music Lobbies for Ban on Markers - By Brian Briggs Washington DC - Ralph Hughes of Sony Music testified in the Senate today urging lawmakers to enact legislation which would ban felt tip markers. "These innocuous looking writing instruments are the scourge of our society," he said holding up a Sharpie. "Not only can this black stick of death be used to violate the DMCA, but it could also be used to write the instructions to incubate the anthrax virus." Didn't I warn you this was going to.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/05/24.html#a315 CARP: It Ain't Over Yet- May 23, 2002 CARP: It is Not Over Yet While Doc, David and everyone are doing the happy dance on LOC CARP Order. The reality check is: the party isn't over folks! CARP is not dead yet. CARP is in the hands of the Registrar of the Library of Congress, Mary Beth Peters, and the IP lawyers of the LOC. Their mission is to use the "Wisdom of Solomon" and write a fair and reasonable version of what the webcasting rates should be. Furthermore, I do hope Peters understood the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/05/23.html#a309 This Just in Department- May 22, 2002 This Just in Department: Reuters: "Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony Music's elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly low-tech method: scribbling around the rim of a disk with a felt-tip marker." Scripting News Another low-tech solution. What's going to happen now, we have to register our Sharpies Keith Teare received a letter from Microsoft, which he published on his weblog, which among other things, demands that he stop publishing his weblog...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/05/21.html#a297 CARP is Rejected by Librarian of Congress 30 Day Clock is Now Ticking- May 22, 2002 Round 2: CARP is Rejected by Librarian of Congress 30 Day Clock is Now Ticking Mary Beth Peters, Registrar of the Library of Congress and Dr. James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress issued the ORDER today at 10 AM Eastern Time rejecting the CARP webcasting rates presented on February 20, 2002. Now the LOC has 30 days to make their own Ruling on the matter which should be out on or before June 20, 2002. It appears that the Public Roundtable held on May 10, and the flood of letters sent.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/05/21.html#a296 A Bad, Sad Hollywood Ending: Don't vote for Hollings either- May 19, 2002 Business Week: A Bad, Sad Hollywood Ending. Doc Searls Weblog Forget about Bill Gates, folks. The biggest enemy of free software may be Senator Ernest F. Hollings. Legislation introduced in March, 2002, by the South Carolina Democrat to require that copyright-protection software be embedded in PCs, handheld computers, CD players -- and anything else that can play, record, or manipulate data -- could make open-source software such as the Linux operating system illegal. Uh huh... Those.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/05/19.html#a282 And They Thought Napster was Dead- May 17, 2002 And They Thought Napster was Dead: News.Com: Bertelsmann buys Napster for $8 million. Scripting News For What It's Worth Department: Let's see-- Napster designs a music file sharing system. The company eats up a considerable amount of VC funds to build a product that could revolutionize the music industry. Napster trys to work with the recording industry, but gets blown off by the record companies. Then the recording industry sues Napster out of business. Now...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/05/17.html#a276 Senate Judiciary Committee held- May 16, 2002 Senate Judiciary Committee held "Copyright Royalties: Where is the Right Spot On The Dial For Webcasting. " hearings today in Washington, D.C.. The entire hearing was webcast. Links to the webcast are on the announcement page. Senator Orran Hatch and Patrick Leahy made remarks. The cast of characters testifying include:Ms. Hilary Rosen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DCMr. Jon Potter, Executive Director, The Digital...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/05/15.html#a267 Trade Groups File Friend of the Court Briefs About Viewer Tracking- May 16, 2002 Trade Groups File Friend of the Court Briefs About Viewer Tracking - The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), and Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) filed the Friend of the Court Brief, noting that the judge's order establishes a harmful "principle of judicial intervention in technology design." The leading high tech trade associations has criticized a District Court.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/05/15.html#a266 |