VEIL: "Confusing to the point of anger!"
Practical Blogging has a short, but interesting take on the Analog Hole legislation I have complained about a couple of times. But I might have missed the worst part of it! HR 4569 includes a secret technology that you can find out about only if you pay $10,000 and sign a Non-disclosure agreement!
VEIL is the watermark technology that would be embedded in broadcasts. But how does it work? What does it do? We don't know, because it's a secret.
While this kind of secrecy is understandable in matters of national security, no one can seriously believe that our national security is at stake if future digital televisions have hi-res analog outputs.
The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has an action alert
where you can protest this scary new development, where private corporations can get secret legislation passed into law, without the public being able to know what it entails.
Peace.
VEIL is the watermark technology that would be embedded in broadcasts. But how does it work? What does it do? We don't know, because it's a secret.
While this kind of secrecy is understandable in matters of national security, no one can seriously believe that our national security is at stake if future digital televisions have hi-res analog outputs.
The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has an action alert
where you can protest this scary new development, where private corporations can get secret legislation passed into law, without the public being able to know what it entails.
Peace.
posted by Ear This at Monday, March 13, 2006
2 Comments:
it just goes to show the trend of american politics. "have enough money? great! what type of bill would you like to buy?"
I would like to buy a super duper secret bill, and not tell anyone what's in it, for no good reason! Because apparently, that's now possible.
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