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Tue 25 Apr, 2006


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For the last few years,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> a coalition of technology companies,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> academics and computer programmers has been trying to persuade Congress to scale back the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Now Congress is preparing to do precisely the opposite.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> A proposed copyright law seen by CNET News.com would expand the DMCA's restrictions on software that can bypass copy protections and grant federal police more wiretapping and enforcement powers.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Jessica Litman,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> who teaches copyright law at Wayne State University,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> views the DMCA expansion as more than just a minor change.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"If Sony had decided to stand on its rights and either McAfee or Norton Antivirus had tried to remove the rootkit from my hard drive,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> we'd all be violating this expanded definition,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Litman said.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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source <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>:<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> h__p:<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/msn-cnet.com.com/Congress+readies+new+digital+copyright+bill/2100-1028_3-6064016.html?part=msn-cnet&subj=ns_2510&tag=mymsn