Re: Proposed Legislation Significantly Affecting Computer Profession(43495) (fwd)

["ISC. Miguel Guirao" <mguirao en acrosoft net>]

Así es, de hecho Canada trabaja en un borrador similar a la DMCA y en España
se trabaja sobre la LSSI.
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Tel: (9) 926-2683
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Antonio Ramirez" <tonio en nuclecu unam mx>
To: <ayuda en linux org mx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 4:33 PM
Subject: Proposed Legislation Significantly Affecting Computer
Profession(43495) (fwd)


>
> ¿ 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
>
>
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