Consumer Technology Bill of Rights?

Posted by michael on Thursday March 14, 2002 @01:43AM from the any-port-in-a-storm dept.

thrilliams writes "The WSJ's Walt Mossberg has a story about DigitalConsumer.org, a new lobbying group that's pressing for a Consumer Technology Bill of Rights. It would aim to protect the right to time shift and space shift media, make backups, allow for platform independence and translation between formats. Given the current DCMA/SSSCA climate, even these basic rights seem ambitious, but check them out and do what you can to support this nascent effort." There's also an NYT article on the SSSCA debate, with an unintentionally humorous quote from the head of News Corporation (which owns 20th Century Fox): "without copyright protection we will change our business models".

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another 'bill of right'? by SpacePunk · 2002-03-14 02:24 · Score: 1, Flamebait

WHAT THE FUCK? Does every freakin group in this country need it's own goddamn 'bill of rights'? What next? The 'motorist bill of rights'? Perhaps a 'ass pickers bill of rights'? This is getting disgustingly STUPID!

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