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Information: The Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA), formerly known as the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA), is a US Congressional bill to make a crime to create or sell any kind of computer equipment that "does no
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Politech: Security Systems Standards and Certification Act Politech: Security Systems Standards and Certification Act: Text of CBDTPA draft which makes it unlawful to create or sell any kind of computer equipment that "does not include and utilize certified security technologies" approved by the US Federal government. (Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotio) http://www.politechbot.com/docs/hollings.090701.html
Against TCPA Against TCPA: Discussion of the privacy implications of Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) and Palladium. (Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotio) http://www.againsttcpa.com
Politech: Sen. Fritz Hollings' Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA) Politech: Sen. Fritz Hollings' Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA): Text of Senate bill to prohibit the sale or distribution of electronic devices that do not include "copy protection" standards to be set by the government. Press releases and news articles. (Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotio) http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/hollings.s2048.032102.html
Stop Policeware Stop Policeware: Learn about and fight the CBDTPA. Online petition, banners, news. (Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotio) http://www.stoppoliceware.org/
EFF Action Alert: Oppose CBDTPA & Digital Media Mandates EFF Action Alert: Oppose CBDTPA & Digital Media Mandates: Calls on readers to submit comments opposing the technology mandates of the CBDTPA before the April 22, 2002 deadline. (Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotio) http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html
Red Hat Legislative Alert: SSSCA Red Hat Legislative Alert: SSSCA: Red Hat strongly opposes the bill because it encroaches on freedom of speech, it could have harmful effects on open source software, and its definition of digital technology is far too broad. (Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotio) http://www.redhat.com/opensourcenow/article2.html
ACM Letter to Senator Hollings ACM Letter to Senator Hollings: Letter from the Association of Computing Machinery to Senator Hollings criticizing draft bill. (Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotio) http://www.acm.org/usacm/SSSCA-letter.html
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Information: The Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA), formerly known as the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA), is a US Congressional bill to make a crime to create or sell any kind of computer equipment that "does no
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