Digital Content Security Act

bdwoolman writes "Congress is leaving a special gift under the tree for Hollywood's film industry. Just before closing for the holidays, legislators introduced a new proposal designed to curb redistribution of movies.The Digital Transition Content Security Act would embed anticopying technology into the next generation of digital video products. If it makes its way from Capitol Hill to the Oval Office and becomes law, the measure will outlaw the manufacture or sale of electronic devices that convert analog video signals into digital video signals, effective one year from its enactment. PC-based tuners and digital video recorders are listed among the devices."

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The senate can leave this present under the tree..

[theheff]

...but I'll still be leaving the flaming bag of poo at the front door.

Re:Backed by John Conyers

[Anonymous Coward]

>he's spent all his political capital in my eyes.

Ewww.

I hope he at least had the common decency to hand you a tissue.

Re:Backed by John Conyers

[Fordiman]

"RMS"?

I'm all for having the Root-Mean-Square algorithm - or any algorithm (except Al Gore, of course) - for president. Hell, even a prime search algoritm would do a better job than Reagan, Bush, Clinton, W. Bush, or any of the 2008 nominatory candidates I've heard of so far.

Actually, a No. 2 pencil would do a better job.

Fucking useless human presidents.