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BusinessWeek publishes a perspective piece by Heather Green(Don't Buy Hollywood's Broadband Script). The article takes a hard look at the business arguments Hollywood has been making - "For some reason, the myth continues that broadband finally makes it fun to watch movies on your PC." SiliconValley.com reports on a keynote address by Marc Andreessen (of Mosaic and Netscape fame) to the National Association of Broadcaster's annual convention in Las Vegas (Andreessen: Copy protection efforts are doomed). Andreessen doesn't add anything new to the debate, just pointing out that copy protection failed in the software industry (although perhaps he hasn't installed Windows XP recently) and that there are many new business opportunities. He does point out the importance of Moore's Law - which LawMeme addressed earlier (Bandwidth, Data Storage and Processing Power Continue to Advance). Newsforge takes a good look at the convoluted politics of the CBDTPA (Open Source advocates may find opposing Hollings bill makes for strange bedfellows). Globetechnology.com carries a Reuters wirestory discussing the overwhelming consumer opposition the CBDTPA has created (Copyright bill universally rejected). "We haven't received one e-mail in support of the Hollings bill," said Judiciary Committee spokeswoman Mimi Devlin. "It seems like there's a groundswell of support from regular users." Slashdot readers revel in the opposition to CBDTPA (Copyright [CBDTPA] Bill Universally Rejected). EFF has an action alert to keep the pressure on congress and notes that the the deadline for comment has been extended to April 22 (ALERT: Congress Calls For Public Participation on Digital Media Technology Mandates). Computer Manufacturer Gateway has started an ad campaign supporting rip, mix, burn according to C|Net News (Gateway croons for copying tunes). The new ad features Gateway's CEO and a cow lip synching a song, while text encourages viewers to download and burn the song to CD. The ad ends with the message, "Gateway supports your right to enjoy digital music legally." WIRED looks at the new ad campaign (Are Ads a Gateway to Illegal CDs?). RIAA president Hillary Rosen is upset that a company would advocate something that is legal, "If only they would devote a little bit of the millions of dollars they're spending on this ad campaign to help stop illegal downloading ... but that wouldn't help them sell more CD burners, would it." Newsbytes reports that Rosen is still pushing for federal legislation in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee (RIAA Asks Congress For More Piracy Protection). To counteract such copyright industry lobbying, Newsbytes also reports on the creation of a GeekPAC ('GeekPAC' Takes On Microsoft, Hollywood, Tauzin-Dingell). Take a look at the draft proposal/position statement (The AMERICAN OPEN TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIUM AND GEEKPAC).
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