Help Lower the Broadcast Flag
Tomorrow the Senate
The bill mandates a government technology committee that would approve or reject devices based on their functionality, just like Hollywood wants. For example, new personal video recorders could be blocked from the market for having too much functionality, allowing users to tweak its settings, or interfacing with non-approved devices in your entertainment system. This kind of silly bottleneck would be laughable if it wasn't so close to becoming law.
Now is the time to let our representatives know how the flags would decimate the consumer electronics industry while erasing our fair use rights.
Please call the Senators on the Commerce Committee and let your voice be heard.
Ted Stevens - Alaska
1 (202) 224-3004
John McCain - Arizona
1 (202) 224-2235
Conrad Burns - Montana
1 (202) 224-2644
Trent Lott - Mississippi
1 (202) 224-6253
Kay Bailey Hutchison - Texas
1 (202) 224-5922
Olympia Snowe - Maine
1 (202) 224-5344
Gordon Smith - Oregon
1 (202) 224-3753
John Ensign - Nevada
1 (202) 224-6244
George Allen - Virginia
1 (202) 224-4024
John Sununu - New Hampshire
1 (202) 224-2841
Jim DeMint - South Carolina
1 (202) 224-6121
David Vitter - Louisiana
1 (202) 224-4623
Daniel K. Inouye - Hawaii
1 (202) 224-3934
John D. Rockefeller IV - West Virginia
1 (202) 224-6472
John F. Kerry - Massachussetts
1 (202) 224-2742
Byron L. Dorgan - North Dakota
1 (202) 224-2551
Barbara Boxer - California
1 (202) 224-3553
Bill Nelson - Florida
1 (202) 224-5274
Maria Cantwell - Washington
1 (202) 224-3441
Frank Lautenberg - New Jersey
1 (202) 224-3224
E. Benjamin Nelson - Nebraska
1 (202) 224-6551
Mark Pryor - Arkansas
1 (202) 224-2353
4 Comments:
Wouldn't it be interesting if such laws could be found unconstitutional? By having a review board approve various technologies, "science and the useful arts" would be hindered since many devices would fail to pass muster, even though the Constitution specifically charges Congress with promoting those fields.
I am a pro. Musican. Soon you will be libel for humming my song in the shower while you are being monitored and recorded for free.
I poked Jim DeMint's office with a pointy stick... hoping others do the same.
I "poked" Senator Boxer and actually got a response. It talked about how broadcast flags would protect copyrighted material and that the bill would encourage companys to develop copy protection standards. Did nobody tell her about what happened with Sony's copy protection?
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