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  • Tauzin Says Congress Will Have to Legislate Digital Piracy Flap (Bye-Bye To Your Recording Rights?)

    07/15/2002 2:41:10 PM PDT · by Timesink · 23 replies · 246+ views
    Mediaweek.com ^ | July 15, 2002 | Todd Shields
    BREAKING NEWS FROM ADWEEK ONLINE*MEDIAWEEK ONLINE*BRANDWEEK ONLINE -- Tauzin Says Congress Will Have to Legislate Digital Piracy FlapPrivate industry has failed to agree on how to protect digital-TV broadcasts from Internet piracy, so Congress will move to impose standards, Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.), the chairman of the powerful House Commerce Committee, said Monday.Tauzin, who has been pushing for movement in the much-delayed transition to digital television, spoke upon emerging from a closed-door Capitol Hill meeting of broadcasters, movie studio executives, consumer group representatives and officials of the computer and consumer electronics industries.Tauzin said he had told his committee's staff to...