Re: [dvd-discuss] The other AAP (was Sen. Hollings plans...)

["John Zulauf" <johnzu(at)ia.nsc.com>]

Mickey,  maybe you should get in touch with the EFF etc. to create a
great PR blitz about how  opposed to family-values the DMCA and SSSCA
are.  Call me a prude (that's okay, I know I'm weird), but I haven't let
my kids (all under 13)  see "Titanic" because of the nude scene.  If I
could make ONE snip -- then they could watch it -- even if this meant
buying a 2GHz P4 with the MPEG encoding card (it would **break** my
heart to have to buy such thing).  But NOOOO, I have to edit at the
crudest "binary" granularity, view or not view.

Yes -- BTW -- I think this is consistant with the EFF's "free speech"
campaign.  Freedom is about choices.  I don't want Hollywood acting "in
(en?) loco parentis" I want the freedom to choose standards of
appropriate content for my minor children, and when allow them broader
choices.  Others, might make other choices (for example leaving in the
nudity but editing out curses invoking the name of G_d), but the SSSCA,
DMCA et. al. make no choice available at all.  (this BTW would be a
great application of the "overlay/edit-decision-list" technology we
threaded about some time ago)

"The DMCA and the SSSCA are anti-family"  -- now THERE's spin for you!

.002

Mickey wrote:
> 
> A few days ago, my son went to the doctor for his two-year-old checkup. During
> the visit, we receieved an information package from the American Academy of
> Pediatrics describing parenting tips for the 2 to 5 year old range.
> 
> In the package was a full  page dedicated to ways to shield your children from
> objectionable content and commercials. Thier advice is to record the
> programming and the edit out the things that you don't want your kids to see.
> The advice is echoed on their website (www.aap.org), as well. I have written
> them to inquire as to their position on the legal challenges to parents who
> would follow their advice.
> 
> mickeym
> 
> lists@politechbot.com wrote:
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> > ----- Forwarded message from Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> -----
> >
> > From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
> > Subject: FC: Sen. Hollings plans to introduce DMCA sequel: The SSSCA
> > To: politech@politechbot.com
> > Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 21:22:25 -0400
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> > Text of SSSCA draft bill:
> > http://www.politechbot.com/docs/hollings.090701.html
> >
> > Politech archive on DMCA:
> > http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=dmca
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> > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46655,00.html
> >
> >     New Copyright Bill Heading to DC
> >     By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com)
> >     4:19 p.m. Sep. 7, 2001 PDT
> >
> >     WASHINGTON -- Music and record industry lobbyists are quietly readying
> >     an all-out assault on Congress this fall in hopes of dramatically
> >     rewriting copyright laws.
> >
> >     With the help of Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.), the powerful chairman of the
> >     Senate Commerce committee, they hope to embed copy-protection controls
> >     in nearly all consumer electronic devices and PCs. All types of
> >     digital content, including music, video and e-books, are covered.
> >
> >     The Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA),
> >     scheduled to be introduced by Hollings, backs up this requirement with
> >     teeth: It would be a civil offense to create or sell any kind of
> >     computer equipment that "does not include and utilize certified
> >     security technologies" approved by the federal government.
> >
> >     It also creates new federal felonies, punishable by five years in
> >     prison and fines of up to $500,000. Anyone who distributes copyrighted
> >     material with "security measures" disabled or has a network-attached
> >     computer that disables copy protection is covered.
> >
> >     Hollings' draft bill, which Wired News obtained on Friday, represents
> >     the next round of the ongoing legal tussle between content holders and
> >     their opponents, including librarians, programmers and open-source
> >     advocates.
> >
> >     [...]
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