[nylug-talk] [Fwd: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] 24 Hours to Save Internet Fair Use]

[Ruben Safir]

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> From: Ruben Safir <ruben at mrbrklyn.com>
> To: WWWhatsup <joly at dti.net>
> Cc: isoc-ny at yahoogroups.com, discuss at isoc-ny.org, hangout at mrbrklyn.com
> Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] 24 Hours to Save Internet Fair Use
> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:40:46 -0400
> 
> 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.
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
> > > 
> > > 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
> > > > 
> > > > 
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> > > 
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> > > http://fairuse.nylxs.com
> > > 
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> > > 
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> > > 
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