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DATE | 2006-06-06 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] 24 Hours to Save Internet Fair Use
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Here is one even better. Regardless on how this turns out, if we can get through the phones on this show, that would be a great thing. Congressman Weiner tackles homeland security waste and Ann Coulter's outragous comments about 9/11 families on Air America's Al Franken show.
Tune in to Air America Radio TOMORROW, Wednesday, June 7th from 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM.
Click here to listen live, or set your radio to 1190 AM in New York City.
On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 18:43, Ruben Safir wrote: > Everyone needs to call Congressman Weiners Office on this > matter. He in on that committee > > The individual in charge of this area is named Ben Alfack? > > Ruben > > Washington DC Phone Number > 1-202-225-6616 > > > On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 06:29:07PM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > > This is very fustrating because I have no idea how this worked out and I > > just got information on this at 6:20PM. > > > > > > In addition to that, since Mr Jay and Mr Brett has destroyed the foundation > > of NY Fair Use, we don't currently that mechanisms in place to respond rapidly > > to this. For example, we had a phone tag set up where teams of people would call > > each other to quickly mobilize phone calls to DC to put the breaks on something > > like this until it can be looked at further. > > > > This gets to the raw fundementals of political action which was ripped > > apart by the egos of Jay and Brett. They insisted on not doing the hard > > work which is needed to remain vigilant on a single issue, DRM and Fair Use, > > and instead insisted on doing what gave them personally the most amount of photo > > ops :ie to play wack the mole with every issue. > > > > If you want to be effective, you need to politically organized, everyone > > marching to the same tune, everyone reinforcing the same message, relentlessly > > plugging at every chance the same exact message. > > > > > > And then it takes a positive agenda. Not. what you don't want, but a > > legistlative agenda for what you do press, and relentlessly press. Otherwise > > crap like this happens because these greedy mother fuckers are mandated to > > never relent to making more profit for the company and if the result is that the > > internet ends, what do they give a shit. > > > > Ruben > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 02:13:30PM -0400, WWWhatsup wrote: > > > > > > 24 Hours to Save Internet Fair Use > > > > > > The entertainment industry has sneaked language into an obscure > > > copyright bill that could smash Internet fair use. The law implies > > > that licenses from copyright holders are needed for every digital > > > copy made in the transmission of digital media -- including cached > > > copies on servers or on your hard drive, and even temporary copies > > > in RAM. The wording is being debated in a House Judiciary > > > subcommittee on Wednesday. Don't let the music industry turn your > > > cache into their cash. Check below to see if your representative > > > is on the right committee, and call them now! > > > > > > http://action.eff.org/sira > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > WWWhatsup NYC > > > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > __________________________ > > Brooklyn Linux Solutions > > > > So many immigrant groups have swept through our town > > that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological > > proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 > > > > DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 > > http://fairuse.nylxs.com > > > > "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME" > > > > "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming > > sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need > > the ability to participate in our own society." > > > > http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting > > http://www.inns.net <-- Happy Clients > > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn....
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