Subject: Re: there is a new battlefield folks
From: Scott Johnson (sjohnson@gci.net)
Date: Thu Mar 21 2002 - 23:41:39 AKST
This is a bunch of fascist BS and I think we need to send a message to OUR
Senator that this type of legislation is an abomination and to have him
support, let alone SPONSOR such a piece of trash is unacceptable. We should
write an official letter from the Alaska Linux Users Group protesting this
nonsense.
Common... who's with me? The very future of this boards existence is in
jeopardy. You may think I'm nuts but this is EXACTLY how the DMCA came into
being by people not taking it serious enough, or saying "that'll never
pass," yet it did. If we don't do something to stop this now, we may one
day regret it.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "William F. Fulton" <fulton@gci.net>
To: "Val" <vkirsis@hotmail.com>; "Jerry" <jake1@cybrtown.com>;
<aklug@aklug.org>
Sent: 21 March, 2002 22:56
Subject: there is a new battlefield folks
>
> Well they did it SEN. Stevens along with his partner in crime from SC have
> officialy introduced the SSSCA under a new name the Consumer Broadband and
> Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA)bill (S.2048): This is bad very
bad
> It will make Linux and other open source software as we know it illegal
same
> with building your own box at home or using non government approved parts
or
> software on any network. If I'm starting to sound a little freaked out its
> because I am come on guys/gals we need to pull together on this call Sen
> Stevens E-mail him make noise make lots and lots of noise heres some links
> for more info
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/21/2344228&mode=thread&tid=103
>
> http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010921_eff_sssca_alert.html
>
>
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