disposal to protect its content." Secrecy Ed Felten, a respected Computer Scientist, has criticized the law for its secrecy. He calls it a "secret law — a requirement that all devices that accept analog video inputs must implement a secret technical specification for something called a VEIL detector. If you want to see this specification, you have to pay a $10,000 fee to a private company and you have to promise not to tell anyone about the technology. It’s pretty disturbing that our representatives would propose this kind of secret law." See also Digital Millennium Copyright Act Digital Content Protection Act of 2006 Intellectual property legislation pending in the United States Congress References External links Full text of the Bill H.R. 4569: The Digital Transition Content Security Act of 2005 from Public Knowledge U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary News Advisory (PDF), December 16, 2005 "Analog hole" legislation introduced", Ars Technica, December 18, 2005 Forum to discuss the digital transition Digital Transition - news and information Criticism "A Lump of Coal for Consumers: Analog Hole Bill Introduced", EFF, December 16, 2005 "Analog Hole Bill Requires “Open and Public” Discussion of Secret Technology", Edward Felten, February 8, 2006 "VEIL Technology: Four Patents & an Application", Kathryn Cramer, February 22, 2006 United States proposed federal intellectual property legislation Proposed legislation of the 109th United States Congress