Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 21, 2002)
Requires an interactive computer service to store and transmit with integrity any technology security measure used in connection with copyrighted material that such service transmits or stores.
Prohibits: (1) the sale or shipment in interstate commerce of nonconforming digital media devices; (2) the removal or alteration of security technology in a digital media device; or (3) application to a copyrighted work of a security measure that uses a standard security technology in violation of encoding rules.
Provides for enforcement of violations of this Act.
What just happenedMar 21, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2271-2272)
Who’s behind it