[Techtalk] New bill

Davis, Jennifer JDavis at JUSTICE.GC.CA
Thu Mar 28 15:29:15 EST 2002


I've never posted in tags before.

<rant>
I'll admit, that I haven't read the bill and that I am not familiar with US
law, but I find it hard to believe that a law has a chance to make it
through Parliament, congress?, senate?, or whatever the political part of
government is called.  If it makes it through to a law, I can't see how this
would survive a constitutional challenge.  What happened to freedom of
expression?  That 'shurely' is protected.
</rant>

<question>
Who drafts the laws in the US?  Is this a government bill or a private
members bill.  In Canada, it's the Department of Justice, who are
responsible for drafting government bills.  I assume it's the same in the
US.  Maybe lobbying should have been done on the drafters?
</question>

<hope>
I guess we will see how this bill passes through the houses.  With any luck,
the opposition party will propose so many amendments and riders that will
dilute the bill to nothing more than what previously existed, or force the
government to withdraw.
</hope>

<reality>
Oh crap!  What happens in the US eventually makes it around the world.  Damn
you corporate hegemony!
</reality>

Guess who's been editing html all day.

Jennifer Davis




-----Original Message-----
From: FerrariGirl [mailto:FerrariGirl at yahoo.com]
Sent: 2002 Mar 28 2:01 PM
To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
Subject: [Techtalk] New bill


Well they did it!! SEN. Stevens along with his partner in crime from SC have
officialy introduced the SSSCA under a new name the Consumer Broadband and
Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA)bill (S.2048): This is bad very
bad.  It will make Linux and other open source software as we know it
illegal same with building your own box at home or using non government
approved parts or software on any network. 

Full images of the proposed bill are here:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/

Not very nice stuff!

-FerrariGirl


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