Wendy, Do you have the name and numbers of the relevant bill and amendment?
I called my senator's office yesterday morning. When I called this morning to follow up, the staffer was very helpful, but wasn't able to pull any status info without a name or number. Also, do you know what happened in subcommittee yesterday? Thanks, Lane On 6/20/05, Wendy Seltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We've heard rumors that the Broadcast Flag that we, EFF, and a > coalition of pressure groups have fought so hard against (and beat in > the courts) will be sneaked back via an amendment to the giant Senate > Appropriations Bill in a sub-committee at 2PM EST on Tuesday 21st. > This week is Hollywood's last chance to ram the flag past Congress, > and they're working hard to get it under the radar. As you know, the > Broadcast Flag would make it illegal for pcHDTV or Air2PC to keep > making or importing HDTV tuner cards in the U.S. > > If you're in any of the following states, your Senators are members > of the sub-committee. People of Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, > Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, > North Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin - it's up to > you! > > There's a sample script after the phone list. Remember: be cool, > collected and polite. Most of these senators won't know a thing about > the flag, until one of them makes it a throwaway amendment tomorrow. > Make sure their ears twitch when they hear "broadcast flag" today. > > 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 > > "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: ***) > > "I've been developing my own television-watching technology -- but I > won't be able to buy new parts if the Broadcast Flag goes through." > > "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." > > "It will prevent fair use of copyrighted works: critical review, and > use of material in distance learning" > > "This is an important issue which will affect all Americans, and > should not be inserted in a large bill, at the last moment, with no > debate." > > "Please oppose the broadcast flag amendment. My name and address are > ___________________." > > "Thank you for your time." > > > Thanks! > --Wendy > -- > -- > Wendy Seltzer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Electronic Frontier Foundation > Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School > http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html > http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/ > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > -- Meetup with other Myth users! http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MUG _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
