Canada's biggest record label, publisher and management company is helping out a family sued by the Recording Industry Ass. Of America for copyright infringement.
Representatives Sensenbrenner and Conyers have introduced a bill that would force all equipment that can be used to convert analog signals to digital to include watermarking detectors that would have to obey invisible "VEIL" marks in video signals. But what is VEIL, and how would the detectors work? Security researchers don't know - because they have to pay $10,000 and sign a non-disclosure agreement with VEIL's designers to find out. Tell your Representative that public laws shouldn't have secret provisions.
