{"id":1015,"date":"2002-05-28T14:03:26","date_gmt":"2002-05-28T21:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8stars.org\/aa\/2002\/05\/28\/consensus-at-lawyerpoint\/"},"modified":"2002-05-28T14:03:26","modified_gmt":"2002-05-28T21:03:26","slug":"consensus-at-lawyerpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/2002\/05\/28\/consensus-at-lawyerpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Consensus at Lawyerpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bpdg.blogs.eff.org\/archives\/000113.html\">Consensus at Lawyerpoint<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) filed the &#8220;Content Protection Status Report&#8221; with the Senate Judiciary Committee last month, laying out its plan to remake the technology world to suit its own ends. The report calls for regulation of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), generic computing components found in scientific, medical and entertainment devices. Under its proposal, every ADC will be controlled by a &#8220;cop-chip&#8221; that will shut it down if it is asked to assist in converting copyrighted material &#8212; your cellphone would refuse to transmit your voice if you wandered too close to the copyrighted music coming from your stereo.<\/p>\n<p>The report shows that this ADC regulation is part of a larger agenda. The first piece of that agenda, a mandate that would give Hollywood a veto over digital television technology, is weeks away from coming to fruition. Hollywood also proposes a radical redesign of the Internet to assist in controlling the distribution of copyrighted works.<\/p>\n<p>This three-part agenda &#8212; controlling digital media devices, controlling analog converters, controlling the Internet &#8212; is a frightening peek at Hollywood&#8217;s vision of the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Just in case there was any doubt left in your mind that these guys are evil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consensus at Lawyerpoint The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) filed the &#8220;Content Protection Status Report&#8221; with the Senate Judiciary Committee last month, laying out its plan to remake the technology world to suit its own ends. 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