Slashdot is reporting that is fake, and http://thomas.loc.gov/ reports there were no such amendments added.
On 6/21/05, John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
