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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce J Keeler Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 7:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mythtv-users] OT: Broadcast flag back-door legislation For those who thought the broadcast flag was dead, I figured I would forward this alert which I just received from the EFF. Apologies to those who may have already seen this. Bruce -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: EFFector Special Alert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: EFFector Special Alert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: EFFector Special Alert: Forty-Eight Hours to Stop the Broadcast Flag Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:58:36 -0500 EFFector Special Action Alert, June 20, 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] MPAA ATTEMPTS TO BYPASS CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE BROADCAST FLAG MAY BE SNEAKED IN THIS WEEK Rumor has it that this Tuesday, June 21st, in a sub-committee on Commerce, Science, and Justice, a single senator will propose an amendment, hidden among many others, to re-animate the MPAA's broadcast flag and burn it into law. On Thursday, the full Senate Appropriations Committee will vote on that amendment. If they nod it through, the Broadcast Flag will be law. It's the lobbyist's oldest, and most desperate, trick. If you can't win in the market, snag a regulator. If you can't snag a regulator, get a law passed. And if you can't get a law, sneak an amendment into one of Congress's giant Appropriations Bills. If you've received this mail from us, your senator is one of the few with the power to put a stop to the flag. ACT NOW TO STOP THE FLAG Your senator is on the relevant sub-committee or the full Senate committee. You have less than 24 hours to warn him or her of Tuesday's manoeuvre. You have only 48 hours to warn the full committee. Letters are too slow. The press will be too slow. Only you, as a constituent of a senator on the committee, can reach them in time, by personal phone call or by fax. IF YOU HAVE THIRTY SECONDS Click here to use our action center: read, add your own comments, and then send a message directly to your senator via fax and email. <URL:http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=145> IF YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND A PHONE Here are the list of senator contact details. Pick the one that matches your state, and leave a personal message warning of what's planned in the Appropriations committee. Please be cool, collected and polite. There's a sample script after the phone list. SUB-COMMITTEE AND FULL COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALABAMA Senator Richard Shelby (202) 224-5744 ALASKA Senator Ted Stevens (202) 224-3004 HAWAII Senator Daniel Inouye (202) 224-3934 IOWA Senator Tom Harkin (202) 224-3254 KANSAS Senator Sam Brownback (202) 224-6521 KENTUCKY Senator Mitch McConnell (202) 224-2541 MARYLAND Senator Barbara Mikulski (202) 224-4654 MISSOURI Senator Christopher Bond (202) 224-5721 NEW HAMPSHIRE Senator Judd Gregg (202) 224-3324 NEW MEXICO Senator Pete Domenici (202) 224-6621 NORTH DAKOTA Senator Byron Dorgan (202) 224-2551 TEXAS Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (202) 224-5922 VERMONT Senator Patrick Leahy (202) 224-4242 WASHINGTON Senator Patty Murray (202) 224-2621 WISCONSIN Senator Herb Kohl (202) 224-5653 FULL COMMITTEE MEMBERS MISSISSIPPI Thad Cochran (202) 224-5054 PENNSYLVANIA Arlen Specter (202) 224-4254 MONTANA Conrad Burns (202) 224-2644 UTAH Robert F. Bennett (202) 224-5444 IDAHO Larry Craig (202) 224-2752 OHIO Mike DeWine (202) 224-2315 COLORADO Wayne Allard (202) 224-5941 WEST VIRGINIA Robert C. Byrd (202) 224-3954 NEVADA Harry Reid (202) 224-3542 CALIFORNIA Dianne Feinstein (202) 224-3841 ILLINOIS Richard J. Durbin (202) 224-2152 SOUTH DAKOTA Tim Johnson (202) 224-5842 LOUISIANA Mary L. Landrieu (202) 224-5824 A TYPICAL CALL "Hello, Senator _________'s office" "Hi, I'm a constituent. I'm registering my opposition to the broadcast flag amendment being introduced in the Senate Commerce Justice and Science Appropriations subcommittee mark-up on Tuesday, and in full committee on Thursday." (*** You can give your own reasons for opposing the flag here. Here's a sample: ***) "The Broadcast Flag cripples any device capable of receiving over-the-air digital broadcasts. It give Hollywood movie studios a permanent veto over how members of the American public use our televisions. It forces American innovators to beg the FCC for permission before adding new features to TV. " "This is an important issue which will affect all Americans, and should not be inserted at the last moment, with almost no debate." "Please oppose the broadcast flag amendment. My name and address are ___________________." "Thank you for your time." And thank you for reading this, The activists at the EFF.
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