(entry last updated: 2002-05-24 10:58:02)

Today’s a busy day, so this set may be all that I get to. There’s a key article from Consensus at Lawyerpoint that everyone should read - the push to coopt consumer electronics to satisfy the copyright concerns of the movie industries is coming to a fever pitch, with them now actually suggesting that all analog-to-digital converter chips should have copyright protection hard-wired! This sort of nonsense is, unfortunately, really dangerous nonsense.

(5 items listed below)

• Cory Doctorow reports on the Broadcast Protection Discussion Group’s proposals to specify the performance of A2D converters. Update: Slashdot discussion, and a LawMeme article.

• Payola reform is a current issue with the recording industry. The newswires have a couple of articles - AP, Reuters.
• The New York Times has an op-ed piece that suggests that the CBDTPA and other legislative challenges to Silicon Valley industries will require the industry to become more sophisticated in their Congressional dealings.
• Vivendi Universal is going to try selling an MP3 online - Slashdot discusses.
• NewsBytes reports that the EFF is appealing the recent DeCSS findings. Slashdot discusses.