In The News

["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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New Bill: More Digital TV Limits
By Brad King , WiredNews.com, Sep. 20, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,55276,00.html?tw=wn_ascii

"After spending a year in closed-door sessions with industry leaders,
Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-Louisiana) released a draft of his long-awaited DTV
bill. The controversial measure calls for the adoption of a broadcast
flag, an end to analog television compatibility and increased cable
interoperability."
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We Can Run, but We Can't Hide:  How BayTSP is Enforcing the Digital
Millennium
By Robert X. Cringely, PBS.org, SEPTEMBER 19,2002
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020919.html

"If you look at Mark Ishikawa's business card, you'll notice that it
lists no street address for his company, BayTSP, just a post office box.
This is for good reason, since Ishikawa is one of the few Silicon Valley
CEOs who regularly receives death threats. Uninvited visitors are not
welcome at BayTSP, which has a post office box in Los Gatos, CA, but
could really be anywhere in the Bay Area."
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Lawrence Lessig's Supreme Showdown
By Steven Levy , Wired.com, 10.10 - Oct 2002
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.10/lessig.html

"Lawrence Lessig helped mount the case against Microsoft. He wrote the
book on creative rights in the digital age. Now the cyberlaw star is
about to tell the Supreme Court to smash apart the copyright machine."
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A cybersage speaks his mind
By Paul Festa, CNET News.com, September 19, 2002
http://news.com.com/2008-1082-958576.html

"For a law professor specializing in the Internet, David Sorkin takes a
pretty dim view of cyberlaw."
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Trade group: P2P not illegal or immoral
By John Borland, CNET News.com, September 17, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-958324.html

"After months of making low-key complaints, a consumer electronics maker
trade group on Tuesday launched a bitter attack on record labels' and
movie studios' anti-piracy campaigns."
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Logo would identify copy-protected CDs
By Desiree Everts, CNET News.com, September 17, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-958353.html

"A music industry group has proposed a logo to identify CDs that include
anti-copying features, saying the feature could help allay consumer
concerns over the technology."
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CD players glued shut to stop piracy
BY Will Knight, NewScientist.com news service, 16 September 02
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992804

"A US record company has issued reviewers with portable CD players that
are glued shut to prevent two new albums from being pirated online
before their official releases."
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New Kazaa likely to raise labels' ire
By John Borland, CNET News.com, September 22, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-958912.html

"An overhauled version of the popular file-swapping software Kazaa was
unleashed Monday on the Internet, with features sure to make record and
movie studio executives' blood boil."