Actually, that's not what the Slashdot article says: http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/05/06/22/147259.shtml?tid=103&tid=219
There's a lot of difference between "rumor says it's going to happen Tuesday" and "it didn't happen because of the faxes, emails, phone calls and mails" (my words, paraphrased from the EFF article below). The latest update on the above Slashdot message (6/22/05 18:55GMT says "The EFF's new Activism Coordinator, Danny O'Brien, sees this as a <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/003730.php>victory for swift citizen action. Impressive numbers. Nice work by EFF and Public Knowledge, and everyone who raised their voice. " Check out the EFF article today for a view with more perspective: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/003730.php I particularly like the line: "It's a stretch to make Broadcast Flag legislation sound like anything but what it is: "The Break Your Constituents' TV Sets Bill of 2005." -- Terry Stockdale -- Baton Rouge, LA My main website: http://www.TerryStockdale.com Free newletter: http://www.TerrysComputerTips.com At 02:40 PM 6/22/2005, Andrew wrote: >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 > > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
