MPAA Applauds Digital Content Security Act

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The film industry applauded the Digital Transition Content Security Act, with MPAA Chairman Dan Glickman calling it a "very important piece of legislation that will promote more consumer choice as it protects copyright owners in the digital age." But not everyone is so enthusiastic.

The Digital Transition Content Security Act would embed anticopying technology into the next generation of digital video products. If it makes its way from Capitol Hill to the Oval Office and becomes law, the measure will outlaw the manufacture or sale of electronic devices that convert analog video signals into digital video signals, effective one year from its enactment. PC-based tuners and digital video recorders are listed among the devices.

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