[TriLUG] Report on DC DRM Workshop (7/17)

[Mike Mueller]

Helms is incapacitated at this time and will not be voting until his return 
to the Senate Sept 2002.  His position is unknown according to his office 
receptionist.

I've asked for a return call from Edwards office.

Probably a good issue to put to Ms Dole since she'll be purchasing the Helms 
seat.

On Thursday 18 July 2002 11:42, H. Wade Minter reputedly wrote:
> Politech and C|Net have reports from Declan McCullough on the Commerce
> Dept. Digital Rights Management workshop held in DC this past Wednesday.
>
> http://www.politechbot.com/p-03770.html
> http://news.com.com/2100-1023-944668.html?tag=politech
>
> I'll assume most of us on this list don't relish a future where technology
> is developed and used at the whim of the same people who fought the VCR
> all the way to the Supreme Court, so if you haven't contacted your
> Senators and Representatives to tell them to oppose DRM, time is running
> out.  All it takes is a 30-second phone call to register your opinion -
> it's seriously that easy.
>
> Jesse Helms (R-NC): (202) 224-6342
> John Edwards (D-NC):  (202) 224-3154
> Your US Rep.: http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.htm#nc
>
> If you want to read up on the issues, check the URLs in my .signature.
> But please make your voices heard on this issue because, if the corporate
> handout of DRM becomes law, it will affect all of us who work in the
> technology industry in a very bad way.
>
> --Wade

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