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  • From: "H. Wade Minter" <minter AT lunenburg.org>
  • To: trilug AT trilug.org, internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [internetworkers] Greensboro News&Record on Hollywood Howard Coble
  • Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 10:41:35 -0400

The Greensboro News & Record ran a column last week on Rep. Howard Coble, co-sponsor of the P2P Hacking bill. A very good one, it suggests that people across the internet, not just in Coble's district, write to him and explain why the P2P Hacking bill is a bad idea.

So it might be a good idea to fire off a quick email to Coble and Berman, politely explaining to them why Congress shouldn't authorize a Hollywood vigilante mob.

http://www.news-record.com/news/columnists/staff/cone04.htm

"Already Coble's office has received a trickle of complaints from constituents who feel the bill gives too much power to the entertainment industry. "We have heard from people who say that this gives companies access to their PCs. People resent that and don't want it," says McDonald.

What if that trickle turned into a flood, not just from the North Carolina Piedmont but from all around the country? It would be a watershed moment in the Internet's rise as a force in American democracy. (And the Web is all that democracy has going for it just now in terms of putting the heat under Coble and Berman, who are both running unopposed by major-party candidates this year.)

Doing this campaign right will be a test for the Internet community, which tends to flame first and ask questions later. Anyone who sends e-mail to Coble (howard.coble AT mail.house.gov), Berman (howard.berman AT mail.house.gov) or other members of the committee should be respectful and aim to educate, not harangue. Just explain why the powers granted under this bill are creepy and invasive and unfair to the average person, and request that Congress seek a better way to fix the problem of copyright protection."




  • [internetworkers] Greensboro News&Record on Hollywood Howard Coble, H. Wade Minter, 08/10/2002

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