Senator Hollings and the SSSCA

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday September 21, 2001 @09:43AM from the no-comment dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "You probably suspected some sort of "follow the money" thing was behind Sen. Fritz Hollings' support of SSSCA, the draft bill that would make using 'any interactive digital device that does not include and utilize certified security technologies' illegal in the U.S. This proposed law could effectively outlaw Linux and most Open Source software, depending on how judges interpret it. A NewsForge story details where Sen. Hollings' money comes from. Guess what? His biggest contributors are entertainment industry companies, their lawyers, and their lobbyists. The story also says Hollings and his staff refused to comment on the bill, and staffers the reporter talked to refused to even give their names." Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of VA Linux.

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Post his SSN, Cell Phone, email, check act, etc... by BrookHarty · 2001-09-21 09:53 · Score: 3, Insightful

Let his identity be stolen, he might change his tune about personal privacy.

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Write your representatives by melquiades · 2001-09-21 09:53 · Score: 3, Insightful

We can't let the same thing that happened with the DMCA happen with this law: the geeks of the world need to, just for a moment, crawl out of their holes and write to the folks in congress. Yes, we're not a megacorporation unto ourselves -- but we do have money, and we vote.

With the DMCA, most senators didn't even realize that anybody was even opposed to this law. That can't happen again.

You can find your representatives online.

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