[nylug-talk] [fred.benenson at gmail.com: [fc-nyu-discuss] Fwd: [IP] Call to Action re HR3746 from EDUCAUSE]

[Kevin Mark]

Protect education from the music mafia!
-K
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This is bad news... and something that needs to be on our radar.


F

PS: The MPAA guy confirmed for the screening. We're on for 9:15 on the 16th!




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From: David Farber <dfarber at cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Oct 6, 2007 10:19 AM
Subject: [IP] Call to Action re HR3746 from EDUCAUSE
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From: dewayne at warpspeed.com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: October 6, 2007 2:48:26 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy at warpspeed.com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Call to Action re HR3746 from EDUCAUSE

CALL TO ACTION:
Please contact your representatives to the U.S. House of
Representatives immediately about HR3746.

Members of the House Committee on Education and Labor have just
introduced legislation to control illegal file sharing in higher
education that uses essentially the same language as the recent Reid
amendment in the Senate. This bill, called the College Access and
Opportunity Act of 2007, includes language that:

* Makes the Secretary of Education an agent of the entertainment
industry.

* Gives schools no right to contest or appeal industry provided-
statistics on copyright violations that can result in severe penalties.

* Requires use of unproven and very expensive technological controls.

* Could result in the loss of financial aid to all students of
schools that do not comply.

* Singles out institutions of higher education and ignores commercial
ISPs.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:
1. Coordinate your response to this challenge with your institutional
executives and federal relations officers.

2. Call the main sponsors of the bill to express your strong
opposition to this proposal:

    Representative Buck McKeon, ph: (202) 225-1956, fax: (202) 226-0683
    Representative Ric Keller, ph: (202) 225-2176, fax: (202) 225-0999

(Please note: email may be rejected if you are not a constituent.)

Ask for the staff member in charge of higher education and leave a
voice mail if necessary. Call back later to speak with a staff member.

3. Call and/or e-mail your institution's Congressional representative
and deliver the same strong message. (Find your representative's
contact information at <www.house.gov >)

4. Call additional sponsors of the bill and deliver the same strong
message. (Rep. Rob Bishop, Utah's 1st; Rep. Charles W. Boustany, Jr.,
Louisiana's 7th; Rep. David Davis, Tennessee's 1st; Rep. Luis
Fortuno, Puerto Rico; Rep. John Kline, Minnesota's 2nd; Rep. Mark E.
Souder, Indiana's 3rd; and Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina's 2nd).

For copies of the relevant legislative language, talking points, and
template responses for your use, please see < http://www.educause.edu/
p2pfs>.

Thank you for your help!

Mark Luker
Vice President
EDUCAUSE

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EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance
higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information
technology.
The current membership comprises more than 2,100 colleges,
universities, and educational organizations, including 200
corporations, with 16,500 active members. EDUCAUSE has offices in
Boulder, Colorado, and Washington, D.C. Learn more at http://
www.educause.edu


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