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Saturday, May 11, 2002
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3672 Digital piracy bill raises fair-use concerns Cara Branigan, Associate Editor, eSchool News Digital content such as movies, music, and television programming—as well as the electronic devices used to access this content—would be required to incorporate a built-in technology to prevent unauthorized copying and distribution, according to a bill introduced into the Senate March 21. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest “Fritz” Hollings, D-S.C., introduced the bill to help spur the development of content for newly emerging entertainment media, such as high-definition television and broadband internet. But some legislative analysts fear the bill goes too far and would interfere with the legitimate classroom use of copyright-protected materials by educators, while others question the bill’s technical feasibility....
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