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| DATE | 2002-05-25 |
| FROM | Seth Johnson
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: [fairuse] Possible Demo after HDTV wiretapping announcement
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Hi Ruben,
I will participate. I like the stakeholders line, too.
Seth
Ruben I Safir wrote:
>
> As we have been watching, there apears to be a coming
> announcement from various media companies about a proposal
> for a technology initiative to produce universal
> wiretapping software in every computer to prevent fair use
> of HDTV broadcasts on computers.
>
> We, of course, are against such wiretapping (DMR) and it's
> been recommended that on the day of the announcement, to
> have a Protest against this. As almost everyone knows, I'm
> not big on protests, but this might be useful if it gets us
> some press. Would anyone want to be ready at a moments
> notice to o this.
>
> I would like to focus the protest around the idea that the
> media companies are not the "Stake Holders" on this isssue.
> I want to start to whittle away at the term 'stakeholders'
> and redifine it back to it's original meaning: ie the
> general public IS THE STAKE HOLDERS.
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