Rumor has it that someone on the senate appropriations committee is going to try and sneak an amendment in to make the broadcast flag (DRM in digital television broadcasts) law this week.
The EFF has an action alert where - if you are from Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Philadelphia, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, or Wisconsin - you can contact your senator on the committee, and tell them to stop the amendment. To take action on this issue, click on the link below: https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?s_oo=_61ApHFXCfSOedMU4eRZ3w..&id=145 If the text above does not appear as a link or it wraps across multiple lines, then copy and paste it into the address area of your browser.
