[Libertarian] Libertarian win! Contest: Help save the Internet]

Mon, 01 May 2006 12:53:21 -0700


wouldn't it be fun if a libertarian won...and helped save the
internet... start spamming! :-)
-------- Original Message --------
Subject:       Contest: Help save the Internet
Date:       Mon, 01 May 2006 12:07:39 -0700
From:       Eli Pariser, MoveOn.org Civic Action <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:      



Next week, Congress votes on whether to keep the Internet free. We need
to spread the word.

*You can win an iPod Nano or BarnesandNoble.com gift certificate by
recruiting your friends to sign our "Save the Internet" petition.*

See details below.

Dear friend of Internet freedom,

In just a week, over 250,000 of us signed a petition demanding that
Congress keep the Internet free. Joining this call are Google and eBay,
groups ranging from MoveOn to Gun Owners of America, and even some
celebrities.

Some members of Congress already switched to our side, but companies
like AT&T are pushing hard to win next week's vote and seize more
control over the Internet.

*Together, we've got to up the ante*. To reach 350,000 petition
signatures, we're launching a contest: *You can* *win an iPod Nano or
BarnesandNoble.com gift certificate* by asking your friends to sign the
"Save the Internet" petition.

To start, just forward this link to your friends and family with a short
explanation of why you care about this issue:

http://civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/?id=7449-1914950-GW3PZCLwJxwUmhocw8eSqw&t=1
<http://civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/?id=7449-1914950-GW3PZCLwJxwUmhocw8eSqw&t=1>

You will automatically get credit for anyone who signs the petition by
using this petition link. You can use the sample note at the bottom of
this email, too.

The 10 people who gather the most signatures by the end of the day on
Monday, May 8th, will win an iPod Nano. The next 40 people will win a
$20 BarnesandNoble.com gift certificate.You can see contest rules and
track who's winning at:

http://civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/contest?id=7449-1914950-GW3PZCLwJxwUmhocw8eSqw&t=2
<http://civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/contest?id=7449-1914950-GW3PZCLwJxwUmhocw8eSqw&t=2>
(This is not the petition link.)

This petition will be delivered to Congress, and everyone who signs will
be kept informed of the next steps we can take to keep the pressure on
Congress before next week's House vote.

Snopes.com, which monitors various causes that circulate on the
Internet, explained:

    Simply put, network neutrality means that no web site's traffic has
    precedence over any other's...Whether a user searches for recipes
    using Google, reads an article on snopes.com, or looks at a friend's
    MySpace profile, all of that data is treated equally and delivered
    from the originating web site to the user's web browser with the
    same priority. In recent months, however, some of the telephone and
    cable companies that control the telecommunications networks over
    which Internet data flows have floated the idea of creating the
    electronic equivalent of a paid carpool lane.

If companies like AT&T have their way, Web sites ranging from Google to
eBay to MoveOn either pay protection money to get into the "fast lane"
or risk opening slowly on your computer. We can't let the Internet—this
incredible medium which has been such a revolutionary force for
democratic participation, economic innovation, and free speech—become
captive to large corporations.

*To enter the contest, just personalize and send the email below to
people you know.* (Please don't spam people you don't know—it hurts our
campaign.)

Thank you for all you do, and good luck.

–Eli Pariser, Noah T. Winer, and Adam Green, and the MoveOn.org Civic
Action team
Monday, May 1st, 2006

*P.S. You can support this member-driven campaign today, and make public
awareness contests like this possible. *As companies like AT&T spend
millions lobbying Congress to gut Internet freedom, we will win this
fight because of the power of regular people. A donation of $10, $20, or
more would go a long way. You can donate here:

https://civic.moveon.org/donatec4/creditcard.html?id=7449-1914950-GW3PZCLwJxwUmhocw8eSqw&t=3
<https://civic.moveon.org/donatec4/creditcard.html?id=7449-1914950-GW3PZCLwJxwUmhocw8eSqw&t=3>

*P.P.S.* Here's a sample email you can personalize and send to your
friends, family, and co-workers:

Hi,

Do you buy books online, use Google, or download to an iPod? Everything
we do online will be hurt if Congress passes a radical law next week
that gives giant corporations more control over what we do and see on
the Internet.

Internet providers like AT&T are lobbying Congress hard to gut Network
Neutrality—the Internet's First Amendment and the key to Internet
freedom. Net Neutrality prevents AT&T from choosing which websites open
most easily for you based on which site pays AT&T more.
BarnesandNoble.com doesn't have to outbid Amazon for the right to work
properly on your computer.

If Net Neutrality is gutted, almost every popular site—from Google to
eBay to iTunes—must either pay protection money to Internet companies
like AT&T or risk having their websites process slowly. That why these
high-tech pioneers and others are opposing Congress' effort to gut
Internet freedom.

You can do your part today—can you sign this petition telling your
member of Congress to preserve Internet freedom? Click here:

http://www.civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/?id=7449-1914950-GW3PZCLwJxwUmhocw8eSqw&t=4
<http://www.civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/?id=7449-1914950-GW3PZCLwJxwUmhocw8eSqw&t=4>

I signed this petition, along with 250,000 others so far. This petiton
will be delivered to Congress before the House of Representatives votes
next week. When you sign, you'll be kept informed of the next steps we
can take to keep the heat on Congress.

Snopes.com, which monitors various causes that circulate on the
Internet, explained:

    Simply put, network neutrality means that no web site's traffic has
    precedence over any other's...Whether a user searches for recipes
    using Google, reads an article on snopes.com, or looks at a friend's
    MySpace profile, all of that data is treated equally and delivered
    from the originating web site to the user's web browser with the
    same priority. In recent months, however, some of the telephone and
    cable companies that control the telecommunications networks over
    which Internet data flows have floated the idea of creating the
    electronic equivalent of a paid carpool lane.

If companies like AT&T have their way, Web sites ranging from Google to
eBay to iTunes either pay protection money to get into the "fast lane"
or risk opening slowly on your computer. We can't let the Internet—this
incredible medium which has been such a revolutionary force for
democratic participation, economic innovation, and free speech—become
captive to large corporations.

Politicians don't think we are paying attention to this issue. Together,
we do care about preserving the free and open Internet.

Please sign this petition letting your member of Congress know you
support preserving Internet freedom. Click here:

http://www.civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/?id=7449-1914950-GW3PZCLwJxwUmhocw8eSqw&t=5
<http://www.civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/?id=7449-1914950-GW3PZCLwJxwUmhocw8eSqw&t=5>

Thanks.

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