Tauzin Says Congress Will Have to Legislate Digital Piracy Flap (Bye-Bye To Your Recording Rights?)

Mediaweek.com ^ | July 15, 2002 | Todd Shields

[Don Joe]

"I've been watching this guy Tauzin for a while. There is no doubt in my mind that he has been in the pocket of the regional Bells (i.e SW Bell, Verizon etc.) and against the interest of the inter-exchange carriers (i.e. AT&T and others). I think this guy has a lot of power and a lot of clout and is for sale to the highest bidder."

He's also very spam-friendly. Do a Google Usenet search for: Tauzin spam DMA.

[Don Joe]

"But then again I doubt Billy is too concerned about my privacy rights vs the governments new technology to listen in either."

He's interested in passing a law (HR95) that contains this revolting gem:

(3) Unsolicited commercial electronic mail can be an important mechanism through which businesses advertise and attract customers in the online environment.

I think that's all anyone really needs to know about the guy to form an accurate opinion of which end of the DMA's tuckus his head is shoved.

[rdb3]

Tauzin said he had told his committee's staff to begin drafting legislation to create a copy-protection standard.

Hmmm... I wonder how long it'll take me to reverse engineer this new standard.

Probably an hour.

[rdb3]

Well, as the hackers say, "If it's makeable, it's breakable."

That's exactly right. And, if it can be compiled, it can be decompiled.