Wired News: New Copyright Bill Heading to D.C.. With the help of Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.), the powerful chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, they hope to embed copy-protection controls in nearly all consumer electronic devices and PCs. All types of digital content, including music, video and e-books, are covered.
We’re seeing again and again who the real pirates are these days. They are the barons of the entertainment industry, and they will not be satisfied until they win absolute control over everything that moves.
This law would make the Digital Millennium Copyright Act look mild. It is the ultimate attack on your rights. It would destroy your privacy, or what’s left of privacy.
I don’t advocate breaking the law. But if this passes, and is not declared unconstitutional, there will be civil disobedience on a scale not seen in decades.