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| Author: | g_johnson_tv [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | 24 hours to stop the Broadcast Flag |
The Broadcast Flag (http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/HDTV/) is a way to cripple digital TV recorders and prevent you from recording shows for later viewing. If the Broadcast Flag takes effect, HDTV receivers will simply refuse to record copyrighted shows (in other words, nearly everything on TV). It has already been struck down by the US Court of Appeals, so now the MPAA will try to change the rules by shoving the Broadcast Flag as an amendment to a massive appropriations bill. SIGN the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF.org) petition that urges your senator to vote AGAINST the Broadcast Flag. https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?pa ... lay&id=145 CALL YOUR SENATORS: ALABAMA Senator Richard Shelby (202) 224-5744 ALASKA Senator Ted Stevens (202) 224-3004 CALIFORNIA Dianne Feinstein (202) 224-3841 COLORADO Wayne Allard (202) 224-5941 HAWAII Senator Daniel Inouye (202) 224-3934 IDAHO Larry Craig (202) 224-2752 ILLINOIS Richard J. Durbin (202) 224-2152 IOWA Senator Tom Harkin (202) 224-3254 KANSAS Senator Sam Brownback (202) 224-6521 KENTUCKY Senator Mitch McConnell (202) 224-2541 LOUISIANA Mary L. Landrieu (202) 224-5824 MARYLAND Senator Barbara Mikulski (202) 224-4654 MONTANA Conrad Burns (202) 224-2644 MISSISSIPPI Thad Cochran (202) 224-5054 MISSOURI Senator Christopher Bond (202) 224-5721 NEVADA Harry Reid (202) 224-3542 NEW HAMPSHIRE Senator Judd Gregg (202) 224-3324 NEW MEXICO Senator Pete Domenici (202) 224-6621 NORTH DAKOTA Senator Byron Dorgan (202) 224-2551 OHIO Mike DeWine (202) 224-2315 PENNSYLVANIA Arlen Specter (202) 224-4254 SOUTH DAKOTA Tim Johnson (202) 224-5842 TEXAS Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (202) 224-5922 UTAH Robert F. Bennett (202) 224-5444 VERMONT Senator Patrick Leahy (202) 224-4242 WASHINGTON Senator Patty Murray (202) 224-2621 WEST VIRGINIA Robert C. Byrd (202) 224-3954 WISCONSIN Senator Herb Kohl (202) 224-5653 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." "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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| Author: | Xsecrets [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:03 pm ] |
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you can let the panic subside. looks like we thwarted the MPAA yet again, but you know they are not done. http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/0 ... 03&tid=219 |
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| Author: | elgordo123 [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:19 pm ] |
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If you go to www.leoville.com and listen to Twit Podcast (I think 9) they have a discussion about this. Even though the broadcast flag is or will be a dead issue, once all tv transmissions have switched to digital (just digital in general) they may find a way to still do this even without the broadcast flag. Even Canada is starting to cave into the mpaa mumbo jumbo. Guess it helps that so many movies are made in Canada nowadays. MPAA has almost limitless deep pockets especially when it comes to "contributing" to a politicians... and that has way more effect on them than all of our letter writing and emails.. |
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| Author: | cesman [ Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:22 pm ] |
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Funny, I was thinking of moving to Canada... The really funny thing is that the MPAA gets it's money from the consumer and thier are attempting to screw the consumer at every turn. |
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