[GLLUG] [OT] Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act

[Don Chorman]

Hello all,
    I just thought that I would come out of lurking to see if any of you
have had heard of the CBDTPA bill. I'm not sure, but I think that Ben Pfaff
(sp) mentioned this bill, a while back. From what I have read, this bill is
pretty scary. According to what I have read at wired.com, this bill would
allow regulation for pretty much any software (open source too), and
hardware. The article below, is where I read this.

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51274,00.html

 The title of the bill seems like a red herring, since little of the bill
actually has much to do with TV and cable internet (atleast in my opinion).
Do you folks think that something like this could actually get passed into
law? I would like to write my legislators, but I never really written them
before, and I not sure whom I should address.

Don