response 42 of 87:

Oct 9 22:38 UTC 2001

The Register moves another alarmist story.  According to their 
leak sources, the RIAA held a secret meeting last week with 
the record label heads, movie studios, US Senators Fritz Hollings
and Ted Stevens (sponsors of the SSSCA), and the heads of Toshiba
and Matsushita.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/22087.html

Some highlights:
 
Hilary Rosen of the RIAA said, "we are working with sound card manufacturers
to implement technology that will block the recording of watermarked content
in both digital and analogue form."  ((That would have to be backed up 
with a SSSCA requirement that all sound cards use this system, of course.))

The RIAA intends to push for the adoption of a hard drive specification
similar to the rejected CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media)
rules.

Rosen wants ISPs to be liable for the copyright violations of their users.

Disney's Michael Eisner wants to gut privacy rules:  he said, "Privacy 
laws are our biggest impediment to us obtaining our objectives."