[ale] SSSCA rears its (ugly) head once more

[James P. Kinney III]

It really scares the crap out of me to think that at some point in the
nearing future, all of the stuff I use, all Open Source, could be
outlawed for failing to comply with crap like this.

On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 13:51, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> If you haven't heard of it, the SSSCA (Security Systems Standards
> Certification Act) would mandate that all new hard drives contain an
> as-yet-undecided copy-protection scheme. Buying or selling a new drive
> which was not so crippled would be a crime.  It  would also be a crime
> to tamper with the copy-protection hardware or software on a disk drive.
> Up to a half-million dollar fine or five years in jail for the first
> offfense. This ain't law yet, but the time to act is now.
> 
> "When Congress sits idly by in the face of these activities, we
> essentially sanction the Internet as a haven for thievery" 
> Fritz Hollings (D-SC) Feb 28, 2002 (hearings re the SSSCA)
> 
> Uh, maybe it's time to do an ALE meeting on "Progress toward outlawing
> Open Source". Congress is really starting to scare me here. Any lawyers
> or politicos in the house? I'd be glad to help out, but I don't really
> feel qualified to do a full presentation.
> 
> -- CHS
> 
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