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SSSCA Introduced in Senate

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the call-to-arms dept.

Peter BG Shoemaker writes: "Wired is reporting that Hollings has officially submitted his newly renamed SSSCA, carrying the moniker Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA). It carries all the provisions we've been worrying about...there is a new battlefield folks..." Newsbytes has another story. Reuters has a story about News Corporation and Disney lobbying in support of the bill. I haven't seen the exact text of the bill as introduced; it will probably be in Thomas tomorrow. Update: 03/22 00:12 GMT by M : Declan McCullagh has collected several documents pertaining to the SSSCA, errr, CBDTPA. He's got a faxed copy of the bill (barely legible; read it on Thomas tomorrow), plus statements from Hollings (read it!), the MPAA, the RIAA, and several lobbying groups for the tech industry, who seem less enthralled about it.

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  1. UNIX Attitude by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Has anyone else noticed that the vast majority of UNIX users are portentous, pompous snobs?

  2. Re:handwritten? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Dear dickhead,

    please buy a sense of humor.

  3. Re:Petitions never work by Kintanon · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    How about we hold a few dozen people hostage and put on our list of demands 'Repeal DMCA' and 'Don't pass SSSCA'? That would be pretty effective!

    Kintanon

    --
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  4. Re:It's ALL a waste of time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Linux dosent suck, you suck. SSSCA supporting micky-mouse NAZI!

  5. Ever wonder why the content industry is spoiled? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If you lose mindshare, you lose it all; the jews are running scared and they are forcing their communist prostitute senators to implement their facist mind control shemes.

    The computer industry does many times over the dollar amount of the content industry, yet the content industry (jews) is calling the shots?

    At least a prostitute has limits on what they'll do for a dollar!

    --Americans need to turn off their tv's and get this country back to the "snow white" disney era.