MESSAGE
| DATE | 2002-08-08 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: FCC Broadcast Flag Meeting Tomorrow
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>
> One person in the audience is worth something.
Nah. this is a sleeper.
> Press is not everything, as
> you know ;)
I don't know what this means. We are in a process now of raising the issue's
awareness in the public eye in order to affect political policy. And we are doing it
on limited resources. Even if they pass this, we have years to fight this, and with the likely
help of Philips. Our biggest concern now is PRESS COVERAGE (not screeming - just emphasising).
We need mainstream positive press coverage. I don't see a formulea here for this.
This is a case where we are best to do a letter writing campaign, which I suggested yesterday
(over the Berman bill) and go nowhere...instead of everyone prattling on the damn list....
Get out there and kick out some letters. And get your frieds to do it as well.
I'd like to see 4 to one letters in their mail box saying that this broadcast flag
amounts to public theft, and turn their arguments, which we already KNOW by heart by now,
against them.
> But if there is no one in the audience from our side, OK.
> There will be next time.
100%
> We now commence the building of a nation-wide and
> international corps of goers to such meetings ;)
I'm building an effective political party against DRM and the
protection of Fair Use. I'm not trying to build a nation-wide
and internation corps of goers to meetings.
Ever see a dog chase a car bumper head on ;)
Keep this image in mind when we think of expending money, time
and resources on events with minor political payoff and limited Press.
Let's just get those letters to them, get a Press release, and keep
writing the Sentate and Congress.
REMEMBER ELECTIONS ARE COMING SOON.
The FCC is not OPEN for election.
Your Congressman IS.
Ruben
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