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updated 03APR2002

The Register Article This article sums up the situation quite well.

Electronic Frontier Foundation ACTION ALERT - Deadline April 8, 2002

Home Recording Rights Coalition

The Bad Guys

MPAA president Jack Valenti
RIAA president Hilary Rosen
Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-SC)

The Good Guys

Declan McCullagh's Politech - CBDTPA bans everything from two-line BASIC programs to PCs

The Shifted Librarian - Why we who "get it" need to get people who don't "get it" to understand why they need to fight CBDTPA

Technology lobby groups
Digital Consumer - Help Stop the CBDTPA
Jeremy Bowers - Satirical Writings Showing the Absurdity of the CBDTPA
Amatuer Radio W9WI - TV technical information for DXers - Opposing CBDTPA
Linux Journal - A Rant by Doc Searls
Linux World News - Serious Tech Talk about resisting CBDTPA
Stop Polieware.Org's Response
Digital Music's realease

News Articles

03APR2002 - Washington Post - As Copyright Gets a Starring Role, We're Cast as the Villains
03APR2002 - Tech companies set on MPEG-4 box - We don't **NEED** Hollings!
03APR2002 - Guard Copyrights, Don't Jail Innovation
03APR2002 - ATT&T Press release with some Broadband tech Talk
Wired News: Anti-Copy Bill Slams Coders
Wired News: Anti-Copy bill hits Washington
Wired News: What Hollings' Bill Would Do
Washington Post: Hollings Proposes Copyright Defense
CNET: Anti-piracy bill finally sees Senate
Newsbytes: Sen. Hollings Introduces Digital Piracy Bill
Broadband/DSL Reports - CBDTPA Fallout Uncertain Could the 'Million Geek March' be Far Off?

Free Intellectual Property Exchange
Roger Ebert - Don't confuse pirates with fans.