News and Media
Annotated Valenti, The, Another Punch for Copy Protection, Anti-Copy Bill Hits D.C., Anti-Copy Bill Slams Coders, Anti-Piracy Bill Finally Sees Senate, Bleak Future Looms If You Don't Take a Stand, Cal Senator: Hollywood Over Tech, CBDTPA Finds A Champion In the House, Congress Plans DMCA Sequel: The SSSCA, Contact Your Senator and Rep About The SSSCA
ACM Letter to Senator Hollings
Letter from the Association of Computing Machinery to Senator Hollings criticizing draft bill.
Against TCPA
Discussion of the privacy implications of Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) and Palladium.
EFF Action Alert: Oppose CBDTPA & Digital Medi
Calls on readers to submit comments opposing the technology mandates of the CBDTPA before the April 22, 2002 deadline.
Politech: Security Systems Standards and Certifica
Text of CBDTPA draft which makes it unlawful to create or sell any kind of computer equipment that "does not include and utilize certified security technologies" approved by the US Federal government.
Politech: Sen. Fritz Hollings' Consumer Broad
Text of Senate bill to prohibit the sale or distribution of electronic devices that do not include "copy protection" standards to be set by the government. Press releases and news articles.
Red Hat Legislative Alert: SSSCA
Red Hat strongly opposes the bill because it encroaches on freedom of speech, it could have harmful effects on open source software, and its definition of digital technology is far too broad.
Stop Policeware
Learn about and fight the CBDTPA. Online petition, banners, news.