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On 6/21/05, Bruce J Keeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those who thought the broadcast flag was dead, I figured I would > forward this alert which I just received from the EFF. Apologies to > those who may have already seen this. > > Bruce > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: EFFector Special Alert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: EFFector Special Alert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: EFFector Special Alert: Forty-Eight Hours to Stop the Broadcast > Flag > Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:58:36 -0500 > > EFFector Special Action Alert, June 20, 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MPAA ATTEMPTS TO BYPASS CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE > BROADCAST FLAG MAY BE SNEAKED IN THIS WEEK > > Rumor has it that this Tuesday, June 21st, in a > sub-committee on Commerce, Science, and Justice, a single > senator will propose an amendment, hidden among many > others, to re-animate the MPAA's broadcast flag and burn > it into law. > > On Thursday, the full Senate Appropriations Committee > will vote on that amendment. If they nod it through, the > Broadcast Flag will be law. > > It's the lobbyist's oldest, and most desperate, trick. If > you can't win in the market, snag a regulator. If you > can't snag a regulator, get a law passed. And if you > can't get a law, sneak an amendment into one of > Congress's giant Appropriations Bills. > > If you've received this mail from us, your senator is one > of the few with the power to put a stop to the flag. > > ACT NOW TO STOP THE FLAG > > Your senator is on the relevant sub-committee or the full > Senate committee. You have less than 24 hours to warn him > or her of Tuesday's manoeuvre. You have only 48 hours to > warn the full committee. > > Letters are too slow. The press will be too slow. Only > you, as a constituent of a senator on the committee, can > reach them in time, by personal phone call or by fax. > > IF YOU HAVE THIRTY SECONDS > > Click here to use our action center: read, add your own > comments, and then send a message directly to your > senator via fax and email. > > <URL:http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=145> > > IF YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND A PHONE > > Here are the list of senator contact details. Pick the > one that matches your state, and leave a personal message > warning of what's planned in the Appropriations committee. > > Please be cool, collected and polite. There's a sample > script after the phone list. > > SUB-COMMITTEE AND FULL COMMITTEE MEMBERS > > ALABAMA Senator Richard Shelby (202) 224-5744 > ALASKA Senator Ted Stevens (202) 224-3004 > HAWAII Senator Daniel Inouye (202) 224-3934 > IOWA Senator Tom Harkin (202) 224-3254 > KANSAS Senator Sam Brownback (202) 224-6521 > KENTUCKY Senator Mitch McConnell (202) 224-2541 > MARYLAND Senator Barbara Mikulski (202) 224-4654 > MISSOURI Senator Christopher Bond (202) 224-5721 > NEW HAMPSHIRE Senator Judd Gregg (202) 224-3324 > NEW MEXICO Senator Pete Domenici (202) 224-6621 > NORTH DAKOTA Senator Byron Dorgan (202) 224-2551 > TEXAS Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (202) 224-5922 > VERMONT Senator Patrick Leahy (202) 224-4242 > WASHINGTON Senator Patty Murray (202) 224-2621 > WISCONSIN Senator Herb Kohl (202) 224-5653 > > FULL COMMITTEE MEMBERS > > MISSISSIPPI Thad Cochran (202) 224-5054 > PENNSYLVANIA Arlen Specter (202) 224-4254 > MONTANA Conrad Burns (202) 224-2644 > UTAH Robert F. Bennett (202) 224-5444 > IDAHO Larry Craig (202) 224-2752 > OHIO Mike DeWine (202) 224-2315 > COLORADO Wayne Allard (202) 224-5941 > WEST VIRGINIA Robert C. Byrd (202) 224-3954 > NEVADA Harry Reid (202) 224-3542 > CALIFORNIA Dianne Feinstein (202) 224-3841 > ILLINOIS Richard J. Durbin (202) 224-2152 > SOUTH DAKOTA Tim Johnson (202) 224-5842 > LOUISIANA Mary L. Landrieu (202) 224-5824 > > A TYPICAL CALL > > "Hello, Senator _________'s office" > > "Hi, I'm a constituent. I'm registering my opposition to > the broadcast flag amendment being introduced in the > Senate Commerce Justice and Science Appropriations > subcommittee mark-up on Tuesday, and in full committee on > Thursday." > > (*** You can give your own reasons for opposing the flag > here. Here's a sample: ***) > > "The Broadcast Flag cripples any device capable of > receiving over-the-air digital broadcasts. It give > Hollywood movie studios a permanent veto over how members > of the American public use our televisions. It forces > American innovators to beg the FCC for permission before > adding new features to TV. " > > "This is an important issue which will affect all > Americans, and should not be inserted at the last moment, > with almost no debate." > > "Please oppose the broadcast flag amendment. My name and > address are ___________________." > > "Thank you for your time." > > And thank you for reading this, > > The activists at the EFF. > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users