Devin Bunker

Stop the CBDTPA!

The Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA) is a bill that was introduced in the United States Senate in March 2002 that would require all consumer electonic devices to include a method of copy protection that could be used to enforce copyrights on digital media. If passed, it would cripple the computer industry, stifle independent research, and crush fair use of copyrighted materials by legitimate consumers.

Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has stated that he would prevent the CBDTPA from reaching the Senate floor this year. This does not mean the bill is dead, nor does it mean that it will not be passed. Now is the time to oppose this bill, while there is still time.

Background

• Text of CDBTPA
• Senator Hollings' Introduction of the CDBTPA to the Senate
• About the CBDTPA

Activism

• The Electronic Frontier Foundation
• DigitalConsumer

News Stories

• Wired
  • Hollings Howls Will Have to Wait (March 30, 2002)
  • Anti-Copy Bill Hits D.C. (March 21, 2002)
  • Content Spat Split on Party Lines (March 1, 2002)

Commentary

• Ordinary People
  • 2001-10-22 Re: Content Control and the SSSCA by Ed Halley (October 22, 2001)
• Fox News
  • Republicans Should Back Recording Artists, Consumers (March 8, 2002)
• Slashdot
  • SSSCA Introduced in Senate (March 21, 2002)
• The O'Reilly Network
  • Stop the Copying, Start a Media Revolution (March 8, 2002)

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