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Saturday, March 23, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51245,00.html Anti-Copy Bill Hits D.C. Declan McCullagh WASHINGTON -- Sen. Fritz Hollings has fired the first shot in the next legal battle over Internet piracy. The Democratic senator from South Carolina finally has introduced his copy protection legislation, ending over six months of anticipation and sharpening what has become a heated debate between Hollywood and Silicon Valley. The bill, called the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA), prohibits the sale or distribution of nearly any kind of electronic device -- unless that device includes copy-protection standards to be set by the federal government....
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