"What needs to happen is we all sit down together in good-faith negotiations and come to some conclusions on how we can construct a broadcast flag (for keeping digital TV content off the Internet), on how we plug the analog hole (allowing people to record digital content off older televisions and other devices), and how we deal with the persistent and devilish problem of peer-to-peer. Has there been a shift in the landscape since the Hollings bill was introduced, or since it became a serious possibility? Is the technology community more open to your concerns? I think they are much more responsive than they were. I think they realize as I do that there are smart people inside each of these industries. But as long as everyone is suspicious of each other, what we have to insert in these discussions is good faith. " Draconian legislation is the road to "good faith?" Jack Valenti on CNET |