Digital Transition Content Security Act

The United StatesThe Digital Transition Content Security Act (DTCSA, H.R. 4569) was a bill introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner Jr., a Wisconsin Republican, on December 16, 2005. The bill was backed by Democratic Rep. John Conyers.

Its goal is "[t]o require certain analog conversion devices to preserve digital content security measures", i.e. plugging the analog hole. The bill effectively proposes mandating of the VEIL Rights Assertion Mark technology into new video-handling consumer devices. The bill was referred to subcommittee in 2006 and no further action seems to have been taken since then.

MPAA Chairman Dan Glickman applauded the bill, saying it was a "very important piece of legislation that will promote more consumer choice as it protects copyright owners in the digital age."^[1]

Public Knowledge President Gigi Sohn testified before the House Judiciary Committee (United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Oversight Hearing on "Content Protection in the Digital Age: The Broadcast Flag, High-Definition Radio, and the Analog Hole") on November 3. She stated:

The broad, sweeping draft legislation to close the analog hole suffers from the same problem; it puts the government in the role of making industrial policy, and will severely limit consumers' ability to make lawful uses of copyrighted content. Like the broadcast flag, the legislation mandates a one-size-fits-all technology that has not been the subject of public or even inter-industry scrutiny. The prohibitions in the legislation would require redesign of a whole range of currently legal consumer devices, including DVD recorders, personal video recorders and camcorders with video inputs. Importantly, the existence of the analog hole has been touted as a "safety valve" for making fair use of digital media products where circumventing the technological locks has been rendered illegal by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Should Congress close that hole without amending the DMCA to protect fair use, consumers' rights to access digital copyrighted works will be eroded even further.

Existen mejores alternativas para proteger el contenido digital que las estrictas normativas tecnológicas propuestas hoy aquí. Estas alternativas consisten en un enfoque integral que abarca la educación del consumidor , la aplicación de las leyes de derechos de autor y el uso de herramientas tecnológicas desarrolladas en el mercado, no impuestas por el gobierno. La reciente decisión del caso Grokster y la aprobación de la Ley de Entretenimiento Familiar y Derechos de Autor , que usted impulsó, señor presidente, son solo dos de las diversas herramientas nuevas que la industria del contenido tiene a su disposición para proteger su contenido. ^{[ 2 ]}

• Ley de Derechos de Autor del Milenio Digital
• Ley de Protección de Contenidos Digitales de 2006
• Legislación sobre propiedad intelectual pendiente en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos.

• Texto completo del proyecto de ley
• HR 4569: Ley de Seguridad de Contenidos para la Transición Digital de 2005 (de dominio público)
• Comunicado de prensa del Comité Judicial de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos (PDF), 16 de diciembre de 2005
• Se presenta la legislación sobre el "agujero analógico" , Ars Technica , 18 de diciembre de 2005
• Foro para debatir la transición digital
• Transición digital: noticias e información