[DMCA_Discuss] U.S. lawmakers disappointed with digital TV report

[tom poe]

On Thursday 06 June 2002 08:49, Jon O. wrote:
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020605/tv_nm/digital_1
>
> U.S. lawmakers disappointed with digital TV report
> Wed Jun 5, 7:46 PM ET
> By Andy Sullivan
>
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers could mandate a copy-protection
> standard for digital television if media and technology firms cannot reach
> an agreement on their own, a House of Representatives committee spokesman
> said Wednesday.
>
>
> Lawmakers had hoped that Hollywood and Silicon Valley could settle on a
> method to prevent digitally broadcast TV shows and movies from being traded
> Napster (news - web sites)-style over the Internet and have indicated that
> any agreement would likely form the basis of a federal law.
>
> Industry heads told Senate and House of Representatives committees this
> spring that an agreement was imminent, but a long-awaited report issued by
> a working group late Monday acknowledged that many issues had yet to be
> resolved.
>
> "Frankly, we're a little surprised by the report because we were led to
> believe that more progress had been made," said Ken Johnson, a spokesman
> for the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
>
> The committee will meet privately with industry representatives next week
> to try to iron out the differences, Johnson said, but would eventually
> develop legislation whether or not all the players had reached consensus.

Hi:  Sure.  Ramp up for Mickey Mouse Computers, Mickey Mouse Electronic 
Devices, and watch the economy disappear.  Perfect.  Well, so much for 
constituent advocacy, eh?
Thanks,
Tom
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