[dvd-discuss] Text of draft Security Systems Standards and Certification Act

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Subject: FC: Text of draft Security Systems Standards and Certification Act
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Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 21:24:51 -0400

Wired News article on SSSCA:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46655,00.html

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http://www.politechbot.com/docs/hollings.090701.html

    Text of Security Systems Standards and Certification Act

      Sponsors: Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.), chairman of the Senate
      Commerce committee, and Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). Draft dated
      August 6, 2001. This bill has not been introduced as of September
      7, 2001.

      Keystroked by Declan McCullagh, all typos his. Comments in
      [brackets] are his. The bill is 19 pages long; much of the text is
      summarized and placed in brackets.
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    Title I -- Security System Standards

    Sec. 101: Prohibition of Certain Devices

      (a) In General -- It is unlawful to manufacture, import, offer to
      the public, provide or otherwise traffic in any interactive digital
      device that does not include and utilize certified security
      technologies that adhere to the security system standards adopted
      under section 104.

      (b) Exception -- Subsection (a) does not apply to the offer for
      sale or provision of, or other trafficking in, any previously-owned
      interactive digital device, if such device was legally manufactured
      or imported, and sold, prior to the effective date of regulations
      adopted under section 104 and not subsequently modified in
      violation of subsection (a) or 103(a).

    Sec. 102: Preservation of the Integrity of Security

      An interactive computer service shall store and transmit with
      integrity any security measure associated with certified security
      techologies that is used in connection with copyrighted material or
      other protected content such service transmits or stores.

    Sec. 103: Prohibited Acts

      (a) Removal or Alteration of Security -- No person may --

      (1) remove or alter any certified security technology in an
      interactive digital device; or

      (2) transmit or make available to the public any copyrighted
      material or other protected content where the security measure
      associated with a certified security technology has been removed or
      altered.

      [Summary: Personal TV/cable/satellite time-shifting copies normally
      must be allowed by certified security technologies]

    Sec. 104: Adoption of Security System Standards

      [Summary: The private sector has 12 months to agree on a standard,
      or the Secretary of Commerce will step in. Industry groups that can
      participate: "representatives of interactive digital device
      manufacturers and representatives of copyright owners." If industry
      can agree, the secretary will turn their standard into a
      regulation; if not, normal government processes apply and NTIA
      takes the lead. The standard can be later modified. The secretary
      must certify technologies that adhere to those standards. Also:
      "The secretary shall certify only those conforming technologies
      that are available for licensing on reasonable and
      nondiscriminatory terms." FACA, a federal sunshine law, does not
      apply, and an antitrust exemption is included.]

    Sec. 108: Enforcement

    The provisions of section 1203 and 1204 of title 17, United States
    Code, shall apply to any violation of this title as if --

      (1) a violation of section 101 or 103(a)(1) of this Act were a
      violation of section 1201 of title 17, United States Code; and

      (2) a violation of section 102 or section 103(a)(2) of this Act
      were a violation of section 1202 of that title.

    Sec. 109. Definitions

      In this title:

      (1) Certified security technology -- The term "certified security
      technology" means a security technology certified by the Secretary
      of Commerce under section 105.

      (2) Interactive computer service -- The term "interactive computer
      service" has the meaning given that term in section 230(f) of the
      Communications Act of 1984 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)).

      [Note: According to 47 U.S.C. 230(f), an "interactive computer
      service" means "any information service, system, or access software
      provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users
      to a computer server, including specifically a service or system
      that provides access to the Internet and such systems operated or
      services offered by libraries or educational institutions."]

      (3) Interactive digital device -- The term "interactive digital
      device" means "any machine, device, product, software, or
      technology, whether or not included with or as part of some other
      machine, device, product, software, or technology, that is
      designed, marketed or used for the primary purpose of, and that is
      capable of, storing, retrieving, processing, performing,
      transmitting, receiving, or copying information in digital form."

      (4) Secretary -- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of
      Commerce [Takes effect at the date of enactment, except for
      sections that wait for federal standard.]

    Title II -- Internet Security Initiatives

      [Summary: Creates 25-member federal "Computer Security Partnership
      Council." Funds NIST computer security program at $50 million
      starting in FY2001, increasing by $10 million a year through
      FY2006. Funds computer security training program starting at $15
      million in FY2001. Creates federal "computer security awards."
      Requires NIST to encourage P3P and similar privacy standards]
      _________________________________________________________________

    Penalties summarized (by Declan):

    Criminal penalties apply to violations of sec. 102 or 103(a)(2). That
    includes the "interactive computer service shall store and transmit"
    without removal section, and the distribute "any copyrighted material
    or other protected content where the security measure associated with
    a certified security technology has been removed or altered."

    The criminal penalties are: "(1) shall be fined not more than $500,000
    or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, for the first
    offense; and (2) shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned
    for not more than 10 years, or both, for any subsequent offense." Only
    someone who violates the law "willfully and for purposes of commercial
    advantage or private financial gain" can be convicted.

    Civil penalties apply to violations of sec. 101 or 103(a)(1). That
    includes the section talking about how it's unlawful to make systems
    without security measures, and how nobody may "remove or alter any
    certified security technology in an interactive digital device."

    The civil penalties include injunctions in federal court, actual
    damages, and statutory damages.




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