Resource Library - 2003 - Tennessee Digital Freedom Network

Resource Library - 2003

Welcome to the Tennessee Digital Freedom Network's Resource Library, as it appeared in 2003.These resources dealt primarily with the MPAA's "Super-DMCA" legislation proposals, with emphasis on the 2003 Tennessee bills; however, there were many resources here for activists in other states as well.
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Documents

Tennessee Digital Freedom Network
Tennessee General Assembly
- Existing Tennessee state law: 39-14-149 Telecommunications theft and concealment
- Joint Committee on Communications Security - 10/28/2003 hearing (Read Tony Campbell's notes)
  - Agenda
  - Information Packet (contents list)
  - Amendment #1 (also on TN Legislature site)
  - Action History
  - Current Statutes
  - TNDF proposed amendment (as handed out—latest version is here)
- Joint Resolution filed on May 27, 2003 in both houses, for summer study of S-DMCA bill
  "General Assembly, Studies - Creates special joint committee to study communications security"
  - House Joint Resolution 643, sponsored by Fowlkes (final status)
  - Senate Joint Resolution 579, sponsored by Person (signed by Gov. Bredesen 6/13/03) (final status)
  - Senate Resolution 97, sponsored by Person (final status)
- Senate Bill 213 (final status)
- House Bill 457 (final status)
- HA0395 - Amendment 1-0 to HB0457
- Fiscal Note for HB457/SB213 - Estimated fiscal impact of bill on state budget
- Senate Judiciary Committee (Agenda)
- House Finance, Ways & Means Committee (Agenda)
  - House FW&M Budget Subcommittee
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Public Knowledge

Media Coverage

Tennessee
- 5/30 - Catalog, Internet sales tax drafted (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
- 5/28 - Surfers vs. Big Entertainment (Nashville Scene)
- 5/23 - Legislature won't vote on cable theft this year (The Tennessean)
- 5/21 - Dennis Sellers: Groups fight 'Super-DMCA' bills (TNDF exclusive)
- 5/21 - Legislator officially discloses potential conflict of interest in cable theft bill (Nashville Post)
- 5/21 - Issue: Senator’s ties to cable bill questioned (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
- 5/20 - Committee hearings on cable theft bill rescheduled (Nashville Post)
- 5/18 - Labels crank up fight, suing file-swapping students, sites (The Tennessean)
- 5/18 - Tennesseans spin strands of Web (Knoxville News Sentinel)
- 5/18 - Cable theft bill mobilizes technology crowd (Knoxville News Sentinel)
- 5/15 - Criminalizing access: Bill proposes stiff penalties for pirating television, Internet material (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
- 5/14 - Cable theft bill mobilizes technology crowd (Nashville Post)
- 5/05 - House sponsor plans meeting for technology bill discussion (Nashville City Paper)
- 5/02 - Technology bill causes concern (Nashville City Paper)
- 4/25 - Joe Dougherty: Technology users in Tennessee have plenty to fear in upcoming proposal (The Tennessean)
- 4/23 - Tougher cable theft bill runs into static (The Tennessean)
Weblogs
- HobbsOnline
  - 10/28 - Like a Bad Penny
  - 5/30 - Digital Freedom
  - 5/28 - Digital Freedom: Final Update
  - 5/27 - Digital Freedom: A Recap
  - 5/23 - Digital Freedom: Battles Won, War Not Over
  - 5/21 - "Super DMCA" Vetoed in Colorado
  - 5/21 - Home Networks Growing Without Permission!
  - 5/16 - Digital Freedom Update
  - 5/15 - Digital Freedom: Colorado
  - 5/15 - Digital Freedom Update: Unintended Consequences
  - 5/15 - Digital Freedom Update: It's a Person-al Thing
  - 5/14 - Digital Freedom Update
  - 5/14 - Speeding Past the Important News
  - 5/13 - Digital Freedom Update
  - 5/12 - Digital Freedom Update
  - 5/08 - Digital Freedom Update
  - 5/08 - The Internet Wants to be Free
  - 5/07 - Digital Freedom Update
  - 5/06 - Digital Freedom Update
  - 5/05 - Digital Freedom Update
  - 5/02 - Digital Freedom Update: Legislator Responds
  - 5/01 - Digital Freedom Update
  - 4/25 - State DMCA Update
  - 4/23 - Assaulting Your Digital Rights
  - 4/01 - Update on Legislature's Attack on Internet Privacy
  - 3/31 - Tennessee Lawmakers Threaten Internet
- InstaPundit.com
  - 5/23 - Victory for the Good Guys
  - 5/21 - Good news from Colorado
  - 5/16 - Freedom to Tinker / newspapers getting news from blogs
  - 5/13 - Yet another reason to hate the cable company
  - 5/12 - Bill Hobbs wonders...
  - 4/30 - Some truly dreadful DCMA-like legislation
- Others
  - 10/30 - Tennessee Super DMCA (Mith-ology)
  - 5/23 - Tennessee Super-DMCA Buried (Copyfight)
  - 5/22 - That Dastardly Cable Communication Plot - Or Is It? (Inn of the Last Home)
  - 5/22 - Colorado Super-DMCA (Copyfight)
  - 5/22 - Cable anti-theft legislation (South Knox Bubba)
  - 5/12 - COPYRIGHTS, DMCA (Business Law Weblog)
  - 5/09 - Copyright--Reality v. Rhetoric (Copyfight)
  - 5/08 - Doing Elvis Proud: Grass Roots Super-DMCA Opposition In Tennessee (Bag and Baggage)
National
- 9/19 - MPAA on Broadcast Flag (p2pnet.net)
- 9/17 - Consumer Privacy and Government Technology Mandates in the Digital Media Marketplace (Senate testimony)
- 9/17 - Legislators Debate Digital Broadcast Content Protection Proposals (Last Mile News)
- 9/11 - FCC, Industry Advance Digital TV (InternetNews.com)
- 7/21 - Time Warner to Test Microsoft's iTV Software (InternetNews.com)
- 7/21 - Special Report: Digital Homes (BusinessWeek)
- 7/21 - Tech companies bow to entertainment world in device features (Detroit News)
- 7/17 - Voter Flawed (I, Cringely | The Pulpit [PBS])
- 7/14 - DMCA-Alikes Sweep Europe (Slashdot)
- 6/16 - Will Big Media Choke the Net? (PC World)
- 6/13 - Cable flexes its muscle in the US (The Guardian)
- 6/11 - Electric Companies Plug Homes Into the Internet (Reuters)
- 6/02 - FCC adopts media ownership rules (CNN/Money)
- 5/28 - CEA Praises Oregon for Putting Freeze on MPAA-Backed Model Communications Security Bill (press release)
- 5/23 - Update on State "Communications Services" Laws (Slashdot)
- 5/23 - Silicon Valley vs. Hollywood (AlwaysOn)
- 5/23 - CEA Applauds States Rejecting So-Called 'Theft Of Service' Bills (press release)
- 5/22 - CEA Commends Colorado Governor's Veto Of Anti-Consumer State DMCA Bill (press release)
- 5/22 - Colorado Governor Vetoes Piracy Legislation (InformationWeek)
- 5/20 - CEA Expresses Strong Opposition to Tennessee 'Model Communications Security' Bills (Business Wire)
- 5/20 - Open and Shut (Tech Central Station)
- 5/20 - Super DCMA laws under discussion in Tennessee (Spyware Weekly)
- 5/19 - TN S-DMCA Alert: Scheduling Tricks (Slashdot)
- 5/19 - Prowling for cable TV pirates (St. Petersburg Times)
- 5/16 - Activists assail antipiracy proposal (Boston Globe)
- 5/14 - TN DMCA: Calling All Nerds (Slashdot)
- 5/14 - Making 'fair use' illegal: Scholars assail copyright laws as overly broad (Stanford Report)
- 5/14 - [CO Governor] Owens should rebuff the film lobby (Rocky Mountain News)
- 5/12 - Hold technology creators liable? (CNET News.com)
- 5/08 - Piracy bill scares big and small (St. Petersburg Times)
- 5/08 - Tennessee's legislature is considering a horrible bill (InstaPundit.com)
- 5/08 - Farhad Manjoo: Your TV is watching you (Salon.com)
- 5/08 - Tennessee Digital Freedom Network (TechTV's The Screen Savers)
- 5/07 - CEA Testifies Against Texas "Theft Of Service" Bill (Music Industry News Network)
- 5/06 - Laws Aimed at Curbing Unauthorized Downloads Criticized (NPR Morning Edition, Audio)
- 5/05 - Texas SB 1116 (Super DMCA) Hearing On 6 May 2003 (Slashdot)
- 5/05 - AP: Anti-piracy laws criticized as overly broad (Mercury News)
- 5/04 - Anick Jesdanun: Anti-Piracy Laws Criticized As Too Broad (Associated Press)
- 5/01 - Think Globally, Act Locally (Syllabus)
- 5/01 - Comcast offers home networks (Baltimore Sun)
- 4/30 - Michael Freedman: Hollywood Goes Local (Forbes.com)
- 4/28 - Heading off film piracy (San Francisco Chronicle)
- 4/25 - Firms call for open high-speed Net (Mercury News)
- 4/25 - Mike Wendland: Outrage over piracy law may lead to clarification (Detroit Free Press)
- 4/23 - Baby DMCAs Punish Copy Crimes (Wired News)
- 4/23 - Update on Tennessee Super DMCA (Slashdot)
- 4/23 - Super DMCA: A 2-Week Reprieve in Tennessee (Slashdot)
- 4/23 - Software Developer Fears Legal Tar Pit (InformationWeek)
- 4/21 - "Super-DMCA" Bills In Tennessee and Arkansas (Slashdot)
- 4/17 - 'Super-DMCA' fears suppress security research (Spyware Weekly)
- 4/15 - Activists assail antipiracy proposal (Boston Globe)
- 4/15 - The Pirates Among Us (CIO Magazine)
- 4/14 - Peter Coffee: IT Laws Defy Reality (eWeek.com)
- 4/14 - 'Super-DMCA' fears suppress security research (SecurityFocus)
- 4/14 - Super-DMCA Not So Bad (SecurityFocus)
- 4/02 - MPAA's drive for state laws hits bump in Massachusetts (IDG.net)
- 4/02 - The war for control of your computer (Spyware Weekly)
- 4/01 - Are You Breaking The Law? (Internet/Network Security, About.com)
- 4/01 - Library Groups Say Sweeping State Copyright Laws Could Stifle Teaching and Research (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- 3/31 - Ignorant Legislators in Michigan (SiliconValley.com)
- 3/31 - States add stricter copyright laws (CNET News.com)
- 3/28 - DMCA critics decry state-level proposals (News.com)

Groups Opposing Super-DMCA Legislation

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Compiled and maintained by Tony Campbell for the Tennessee Digital Freedom Network