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[Hilos de Discusión] [Fecha] [Tema] [Autor]¿ Como ven chatos ? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 14:35:19 -0700 (PDT) From: board-enotify en usenix org To: tonio en nuclecu unam mx Subject: Proposed Legislation Significantly Affecting Computer Profession (43495) The USENIX Board of Directors has decided to alert our membership that bills pending before the U.S. Congress or in committee appear to have a detrimental impact on computer professionals. We are most concerned about aspects of two proposed bills, the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA), and how they interact with existing legislation such as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The ATA redefines virtually all computer crime as terrorism, enlarges the maximum penalty to life in prison without parole, allows broad pre-conviction seizures, and, furthermore, does this retroactively, removing the existing statute of limitations. The SSSCA essentially mandates copyright protection in all digital consumer devices and makes disabling or avoidance of copyright mechanisms a felony offense. More information about these and related issues can be found at: http://www.usenix.org/whatsnew/legislation.html Similar legislation is being considered in other jurisdictions including Canada and some states. If you believe that provisions of these or similar acts are inappropriate, we strongly encourage you to contact your elected representatives as soon as possible and register your opinions. Sincerely, The USENIX Board of Directors http://www.usenix.org/directory/board.html ****************************************************************** If you do NOT want to receive email announcements from the USENIX Association, please reply to this message, and you will not receive future email notices. ****************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------- para salir de la lista, enviar un mensaje con las palabras "unsubscribe ayuda" en el cuerpo a majordomo en linux org mx