Jokes aside, if we don't act on this and write our congressional representatives, they will pass crap like this. Or they will try it later in another bill.
Don't assume that somebody else is protecting your freedoms. Write your congressional reps today. The EFF page is a good place to start: http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010921_eff_sssca_alert.html John Hebert --- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 13:54, Mnemonic wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > With this I am familiar...I am still trying to > figure our how I can send > > every proponent of this bill the proverbial > digital finger. > > I prefer sending them a picture of a preparation H > tube, because they > are a royal pain in my @#$(*%U&! > > Shannon > > > > > - -K > > > > On Monday 04 March 2002 01:38 pm, you wrote: > > > For those who are not familiar with the SSSCA > > > ("Security Systems Standards and Certification > Act"): > > > > > > "Draft Bill Would Require All Software and > Digital > > > Devices to Include Federally-Mandated > Copy-Prevention > > > Systems" > > > > http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010921_eff_sssca_alert.html > > > > > > And here is the actual text of the bill: > > > http://cryptome.org/sssca.htm > > > > > > John Hebert > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > > > > iD8DBQE8g9Dl1MQ6aqIeKxgRAs5NAKC7FofYb4AI2X6nWazgoYaoQgyeoQCdE4ng > > ExXpu5P8l3vtgQKp+xAQ1PM= > > =ygck > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > -- > __________________________________________________________________ > Shannon Roddy California Institute > of Technology > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston > Observatory > ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - sign up for Fantasy Baseball http://sports.yahoo.com ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
