THE SSSCA (now renamed to the CBDTPA) has been formally introduced.


Slashdot:
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/03/21/2344228.shtml?tid=103


ArsTechnica:
http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=28609695&m=5750916904


Statement from the "Sponsor" (The Hon. Senator from Disney's lap):

http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/hollings.cbdtpa.release.032102.html

Wired:

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51245,00.html


I'm in the process of converting my collection of 250 VHS movies all of which I PAID THESE FUCKERS FOR. Now they want to make it illegal for me to put them on VCD so that I can still enjoy them long after the magnetic tape has petered out.

Bad new folks. Bad news bigtime.