Wendy, Do you have any idea which Senator may be introducing the amendment?
That would be very helpful info to have when we call our Senators. Thanks again, Lane On 6/22/05, Wendy Seltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We don't have a bill number, and no reports that the flag was raised in the > subcommittee yesterday. Rumors are that it could still be added as an > amendment at the full committee markup tomorrow. > > Thanks for all the calls! > > --Wendy > > At 09:14 AM 6/22/2005 -0500, Lane Schwartz wrote: > >Wendy, > > > >Do you have the name and numbers of the relevant bill and amendment? > > > >I called my senator's office yesterday morning. When I called this > >morning to follow up, the staffer was very helpful, but wasn't able to > >pull any status info without a name or number. > > > >Also, do you know what happened in subcommittee yesterday? > > > >Thanks, > >Lane > > > > > >On 6/20/05, Wendy Seltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We've heard rumors that the Broadcast Flag that we, EFF, and a > > > coalition of pressure groups have fought so hard against (and beat in > > > the courts) will be sneaked back via an amendment to the giant Senate > > > Appropriations Bill in a sub-committee at 2PM EST on Tuesday 21st. > > > This week is Hollywood's last chance to ram the flag past Congress, > > > and they're working hard to get it under the radar. As you know, the > > > Broadcast Flag would make it illegal for pcHDTV or Air2PC to keep > > > making or importing HDTV tuner cards in the U.S. > > > > > > If you're in any of the following states, your Senators are members > > > of the sub-committee. People of Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, > > > Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, > > > North Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin - it's up to > > > you! > > > > > > There's a sample script after the phone list. Remember: be cool, > > > collected and polite. Most of these senators won't know a thing about > > > the flag, until one of them makes it a throwaway amendment tomorrow. > > > Make sure their ears twitch when they hear "broadcast flag" today. > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > "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: ***) > > > > > > "I've been developing my own television-watching technology -- but I > > > won't be able to buy new parts if the Broadcast Flag goes through." > > > > > > "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." > > > > > > "It will prevent fair use of copyrighted works: critical review, and > > > use of material in distance learning" > > > > > > "This is an important issue which will affect all Americans, and > > > should not be inserted in a large bill, at the last moment, with no > > > debate." > > > > > > "Please oppose the broadcast flag amendment. My name and address are > > > ___________________." > > > > > > "Thank you for your time." > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > --Wendy > > > -- > > > -- > > > Wendy Seltzer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Electronic Frontier Foundation > > > Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School > > > http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html > > > http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mythtv-users mailing list > > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Meetup with other Myth users! > >http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MUG > > -- > Wendy Seltzer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Electronic Frontier Foundation > Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School > http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html > Chilling Effects: http://www.chillingeffects.org/ > > -- Meetup with other Myth users! http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MUG _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
