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Politech: Sen. Fritz Hollings' Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA)
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.
www.politechbot.com/

ACM Letter to Senator Hollings
Letter from the Association of Computing Machinery to Senator Hollings criticizing draft bill.
www.acm.org/

EFF Action Alert: Oppose CBDTPA & Digital Media Mandates
Calls on readers to submit comments opposing the technology mandates of the CBDTPA before the April 22, 2002 deadline.
www.eff.org/

Politech: Security Systems Standards and Certification Act
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.
www.politechbot.com/

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.
www.redhat.com/

Stop Policeware
Learn about and fight the CBDTPA. Online petition, banners, news.
www.stoppoliceware.org/

Against TCPA
Discussion of the privacy implications of Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) and Palladium.
www.againsttcpa.com/

Cable Addicts Broadband Lounge
Cable telecommunications and catv industry related discussion forums, resources, mailing list archives, search engine, job listings, tv and movie sound tracks.
www.cabl.com/

Live Broadband Radio and Television Broadcasts
Watch high speed television broadcasts from around the world.
broadcast-live.com/

Broadband-Television.com
A comprehensive directory of broadband netcasts. A high speed connection such as cable, xDSL, ISDN or TI is required.
broadband-television.com/