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A new bill in Congress mandates more privacy protections for Internet users in response to the recording industry's avalanche of subpoenas. The Brownback bill also calls on companies to label products like copy-protected CDs. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) introduced the Consumers, Schools, and Libraries Digital Rights Management Awareness Act of 2003, a bill that addresses two hot topics in the digital realm: privacy and digital rights management. The legislation would require owners of digital media to file a John Doe lawsuit to obtain the identifying information of an Internet user, rather than simply requesting a subpoena. Read the rest o