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Originally posted by Rimjaw:
So basically, the SSSCA, among other things, will make the following illegal:
* Assembling a home-built PC. 
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WHAT?!?!? - that's like saying I can't build my own car/house etc.. Although, things like that need to be licensed/certified in some way, which cost money - maybe that's where this is heading.
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* Using a non-secure computer (ie, a computer built before the would-be implementation of the SSSCA) on a network.
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So every company is going to have to replace all of it's computers? Or get them 'upgraded' and checked out - again creating revenue for whoever has to do it.
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* Widespread development of open-sourced, non-copyrighted and “digitally unsigned" software.
* Use of open-sourced software (essentially the entire software platform for the UNIX and Linux operating systems, on which Computer Science research relies).
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*hmmmm* I wonder if M$ has anything to do with this. *Looks at points above* Hmmmmmmm indeed....
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* University and corporate research on systems, debugging, security, and watermarking.
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So how arepeople that research these things for their own illegal use going to be stopped?
The whole thing is ridiculous; it makes the whole anti-trust case against Microsoft seem slightly hypocritical and pointless if there is support for this.
EDIT - I'm not a US citizen myself, but I suspect any bill like this passed in the US will effect many other countries.
[ 05-29-2002, 10:24 AM: Message edited by: Staralfur ]