RIAA amendment dropped
- From: <jrusk@[redacted]>
- Subject: RIAA amendment dropped
- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:00:49 -0400
It's no joke. Lobbyists for the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA) tried to glue this
hacking-authorization
amendment onto a mammoth anti-terrorism bill that Congress
approved last week.
An RIAA-drafted amendment according to a draft obtained by
Wired News would immunize all copyright holders -- including
the movie and e-book industry -- for any data losses caused
by their hacking efforts or other computer intrusions "that
are
reasonably intended to impede or prevent" electronic piracy.
[snip]
Story at http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,47552,00.html