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» ACM Letter to Senator Hollings
   Letter from the Association of Computing Machinery to Senator Hollings criticizing draft bill.
   http://usacm.acm.org/usacm/SSSCA-letter.html

» Politech: Security Systems Standards and Certification Act
   Text of CBDTPA draft which makes it unlawful to create or sell any kind of computer equipment that "does not include and utilize certified security technologies" approved by the US Federal government.
   http://www.politechbot.com/docs/hollings.090701.html

» Politech: Sen. Fritz Hollings' Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA)
   Text of Senate bill to prohibit the sale or distribution of electronic devices that do not include "copy protection" standards to be set by the government. Press releases and news articles.
   http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/hollings.s2048.032102.html

» Red Hat Legislative Alert: SSSCA
   Red Hat strongly opposes the bill because it encroaches on freedom of speech, it could have harmful effects on open source software, and its definition of digital technology is far too broad.
   http://www.redhat.com/opensourcenow/article2.html