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Physically, Carnivore is a personal computer with a network interface, and ZIP or Jaz removable disk drive, running a version of the Microsoft Windows operating system, with the Carnivore software loaded.

http://www.house.gov/judiciary/perr0724.htm

The Artists Coalition would probably also like to hear from those of us that would actively support a voluntary, tip-based, just compensation system.

In addition to your congressional representive, you might want to cc: your notes to mine, Rick Boucher, who's one of the forces behind repealing the "work for hire" mess described in this salon article.

Finally, go visit fairtunes, mentioned a few weeks ago in this slashdot story.

crime pays when corporate pigs can't afford to put gas in their BMWs.

For the most part, Ritalin is prescibed for the good of the parents and teachers, not the child.

and those are parents that both work, and teachers dealing with balooning class sizes. The drugs are yet another shortcut to the American Dream. For me, it's not as much a question of how my friends that use(d) Ritalin acted when they were on it, but how they acted when they tried to stop.

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William Clinton President The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, District of Columbia 20500 United States of America phone 1-202-456-1414 fax 1-202-456-2886 or 1-202-456-2461 (busy, keep trying) e-mail president@whitehouse.gov webpage http://www.whitehouse.gov/

House Majority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

House Minority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Speaker, House of Representatives House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Senate Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Senate Minority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Governor Don Seigelman State Capitol, 600 Dexter Ave. Montgomery, Alabama 36130 United States of America phone 1-334-242-7100, fax 1-334-242-4541 webpage http://www.state.al.us/

Governor Tony Knowles P.O. Box A Juneau, Alaska 99811 United States of America phone 1-907-465-3500, fax 1-907-465-3532 e-mail office_of_the_governor@gov.state.ak.u s webpage http://www.gov.state.ak.us/

Governor Jane Dee Hull State House Phoenix, Arizona 85007 United States of America phone 1-602-542-4331, fax 1-602-542-7601 webpage http://www.state.az.us/

Governor Mike Huckabee 250 State Capitol Bldg. Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 United States of America phone 1-501-682-2345, fax 1-501-682-1382 e-mail mike.huckabee@state.ar.us webpage http://www.state.ar.us/governor/gover nor.html

Governor Gray Davis State Capitol Sacramento, California 95814 United States of America phone 1-916-445-2841, fax 1-916-445-4633 e-mail hometeam@ca.gov webpage http://www.ca.gov/s/

Governor Bill Owens 136 State Capitol Denver, Colorado 80203-1792 United States of America phone 1-303-866-2471, fax 1-303-866-2003 webpage http://www.state.co.us/

Governor John Rowland State Capitol, 210 Capitol Ave Hartford, Connecticut 06106 United States of America phone 1-860-566-4840, fax 1-203-524-7396 e-mail governor.rowland@po.state.ct.us webpage http://www.state.ct.us/governor/

Governor Thomas Carper Legislative Hall Dover, Delaware 19901 United States of America phone 1-302-739-4101, fax 1-302-577-3118 e-mail ssnyder@state.de.us webpage http://www.state.de.us/governor/index.htm

Governor Jeb Bush State Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32399 United States of America phone 1-850-488-4441, fax 1-850-487-0801 e-mail page http://www.state.fl.us/eog/govmailform. html webpage http://fcn.state.fl.us/gsd/

Governor Roy Barnes State Capitol Building, Room 203 Atlanta, Georgia 30334 United States of America phone 1-404-656-1776, fax 1-404-657-7332 e-mail governor@gov.state.ga.us webpage http://www.state.ga.us/

Governor Benjamin Cayetano State Capitol, Executive Chambers Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 United States of America phone 1-808-586-0034, fax 1-808-586-0006 e-mail gov@gov.state.hi.us webpage http://gov.state.hi.us

Governor Dirk Kempthorne State Capitol PO Box 83720, 700 West Jefferson, Fl. 2 Boise, Idaho 83720-0034 United States of America phone 1-208-334-2100, fax 1-208-334-2175 e-mail governor@gov.state.id.us webpage http://www.state.id.us/gov/govhmpg.htm

Governor George Ryan 207 Statehouse Springfield, Illinois 62706 United States of America phone 1-217-782-0244, fax 1-217-524-4049 e-mail governor@state.il.us webpage http://www.state.il.us/gov/

Governor Frank O'Bannon Statehouse, Rm. 206 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 United States of America phone 1-317-232-4567, fax 1-317-232-3443 e-mail page http://www.ai.org/gov/gov_mail.html webpage http://www.ai.org/gov/index.html

Governor Thomas Vilsack State Capitol Des Moines, Iowa 50319 United States of America phone 1-515-281-5211, fax 1-515-281-6611 e-mail general.office@igov.state.ia.us webpage http://www.iowaccess.org/

Governor Bill Graves State House Topeka, Kansas 66612 United States of America phone 1-913-296-6240, fax 1-913-296-7973 e-mail page http://www.state.ks.us/public/g overnor/comment.html webpage http://www.state.ks.us/public/governor/

Governor Paul Patton State Capitol, 700 Capitol Ave. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 United States of America phone 1-502-564-2611, fax 1-502-564-2517 e-mail governor@mail.state.ky.us webpage http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/go v/govmenu6.htm

Governor Murphy Foster, Jr. State Capitol, P.O. Box 94004 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 United States of America phone 1-504-342-7015, fax 1-504-342-7099 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.la.us/governo r/contact2.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.la.us/

Governor Angus King, Jr. State House Station 1 Augusta, Maine 04333 United States of America phone 1-207-287-3531, fax 1-207-287-1034 e-mail page http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ gov_form.htm webpage http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ homepage.htm

Governor Parris Glendening State House Annapolis, Maryland 21401 United States of America phone 1-410-974-3901, fax 1-410-974-3275 e-mail governor@gov.state.md.us webpage http://www.gov.state.md.us/

Governor Paul Cellucci State House, Room 360 Boston, Massachusetts 02133 United States of America phone 1-617-727-6250, fax 1-617-727-9725 e-mail goffice@state.ma.us webpage http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/gov/gov.htm

Governor John Engler State Capitol, PO Box 30013 Lansing, Michigan 48909 United States of America phone 1-517-335-7858, fax 1-517-335-6863 email page http://www.state.mi.us/MIGOV/ gov/ContactGovernor.shtm webpage http://www.state.mi.us/migov/

Governor Jesse Ventura 130 State Capitol, 75 Constitution Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 United States of America phone 1-651-296-3391, fax 1-651-296-2089 e-mail Governor.JesseVentura@state.mn.us webpage http://www.mainserver.state.mn.us/gover nor/

Governor Kirk Fordice P.O. Box 139 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 United States of America phone 1-601-737-9540, fax 1-601-737-9507 e-mail governor@govoff.state.ms.us webpage http://www.state.ms.us/

Governor Mel Carnahan Missouri Capitol Building, P.O. Box 720 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0720 United States of America phone 1-573-751-3222, fax 1-573-751-1495 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.mo.us/guest.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.mo.us/

Governor Marc Racicot State Capitol Helena, Montana 59620 United States of America webpage http://www.mt.gov/governor/governor.htm

Governor Mike Johanns State Capitol, Executive Suite, PO Box 94848 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4848 United States of America phone 1-402-471-2244, fax 1-402-471-6031 e-mail jodee@mail.state.ne.us webpage http://www.state.ne.us/

Governor Kenny Guinn State Capitol Carson City, Nevada 89710 United States of America phone 1-702-687-5670, fax 1-702-687-4486 webpage http://www.state.nv.us/

Governor Jeanne Shaheen State House Concord, New Hampshire 03301-4990 United States of America phone 1-603-271-2121, fax 1-603-271-2130 e-mail nhgov@nh.com webpage http://www.state.nh.us/

Governor Christine Todd Whitman Office of the Governor State House, 125 West State St., CN-001 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0001 United States of America phone 1-609-292-6000, fax 1-609-292-5212 e-mail page http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.nj.us/governor/officeo .htm

Governor Gary Johnson State Capitol Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503 United States of America phone 1-505-827-3000, fax 1-505-827-3026 e-mail gov@gov.state.nm.us webpage http://www.state.nm.us/

Governor George Pataki State Capitol Albany, New York 12224 United States of America phone 1-518-474-8390, fax 1-518-474-1513 e-mail gov.pataki@chamber.state.ny.us webpage http://www.state.ny.us/governor

Governor James Hunt, Jr. State Capitol Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 United States of America phone 1-919-733-4240, fax 1-919-733-2120 webpage http://www.sips.state.nc.us/

Governor Edward Schafer 600 E. Blvd, State Capitol, Fl. 1 Bismark, North Dakota 58505 United States of America phone 1-701-328-2200, fax 1-701-328-2205 webpage http://www.ehs.health.stat e.nd.us/gov/governor/index.htm

Governor Bob Taft State House Columbus, Ohio 43215 United States of America phone 1-614-466-3555, 1-614-466-9354 webpage http://www.state.oh.us/gov/

Governor Frank Keating State Capitol Bldg., Rm. 212 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 United States of America phone 1-405-521-2342, fax 1-405-521-3353 e-mail governor@oklaosf.state.ok.us webpage http://www.state.ok.us/

Governor John Kitzhaber State Capitol Salem, Oregon 97310 United States of America phone 1-503-378-4582, fax 1-503-378-4863 webpage http://www.governor.state.or.us/

Governor Tom Ridge 225 Main Capitol Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 United States of America phone 1-717-787-2500, fax 1-717-772-8284 e-mail governor@state.pa.us webpage http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exe c/Governor/overview.html

Governor of the Commonwealth Commonwealth of Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 United States of America webpage http://fortaleza.govpr.org

Governor Lincoln Almond State House Providence, Rhode Island 02903 United States of America phone 1-401-277-2080, fax 1-401-273-5729 webpage http://www.doa.state.ri.us/info/exec.htm

Governor James Hodges State House, PO Box 11369 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 United States of America phone 1-803-737-9540, fax 1-803-737-9507 webpage http://www.state.sc.us/

Governor William Janklow State Capitol, 500 East Capitol Ave Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070 United States of America phone 1-605-773-3212, fax 1-605-773-5844 e-mail sdgov@gov.state.sd.us webpage http://www.state.sd.us /state/executive/governor/governor.htm

Governor Don Sundquist State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee 37243 United States of America phone 1-615-741-2001, fax 1-615-532-9711 e-mail dsundquist@mail.state.tn.us webpage http://www.state.tn.us/governor/

Governor George W. Bush State Capitol, P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711 United States of America phone 1-512-463-2000, fax 1-512-463-1849 webpage http://www.governor.state.tx.us/

Governor Michael Leavitt 210 State Capitol Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 United States of America phone 1-801-538-1000, fax 1-801-538-1528 e-mail governor@state.ut.us webpage http://www.governor.state.ut.us/

Governor Howard Dean 109 State St. Montpelier, Vermont 05609 United States of America phone 1-802-828-3333, fax 1-802-828-3339 e-mail governor@state.vt.us webpage http://www.state.vt.us/

Governor Jim Gilmore State Capitol Richmond, Virginia 23219 United States of America phone 1-804-786-2211, fax 1-804-371-6351 e-mail page http://www.state.va.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.va.us/governor/

Governor Gary Locke State Capitol, P.O. Box 40002 Olympia, Washington 98504-0002 United States of America phone 1-360-902-4111, fax 1-360-753-4110 e-mail governor.locke@governor.wa.gov webpage http://www.wa.gov/governor

Governor Cecil Underwood State Capitol Charleston, West Virginia 25305 United States of America phone 1-304-558-2000, fax 1-304-342-7025 e-mail governor@state.wv.us webpage http://www.state.wi.us/governor/default .htm

Governor Tommy Thompson State Capitol, Room 115 East Madison, Wisconsin 53707 United States of America phone 1-608-266-1212, fax 1-608-267-8983 e-mail wisgov@mail.state.wi.us webpage http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/

Governor Jim Geringer State Capitol Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 United States of America phone 1-307-777-7434, fax 1-307-632-3909 e-mail governor@missc.state.wy.us webpage http://www.state.wy.us/gove rnor/text_governor_home.html

William Clinton President The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, District of Columbia 20500 United States of America phone 1-202-456-1414 fax 1-202-456-2886 or 1-202-456-2461 (busy, keep trying) e-mail president@whitehouse.gov webpage http://www.whitehouse.gov/

House Majority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

House Minority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Speaker, House of Representatives House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Senate Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Senate Minority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Governor Don Seigelman State Capitol, 600 Dexter Ave. Montgomery, Alabama 36130 United States of America phone 1-334-242-7100, fax 1-334-242-4541 webpage http://www.state.al.us/

Governor Tony Knowles P.O. Box A Juneau, Alaska 99811 United States of America phone 1-907-465-3500, fax 1-907-465-3532 e-mail office_of_the_governor@gov.state.ak.u s webpage http://www.gov.state.ak.us/

Governor Jane Dee Hull State House Phoenix, Arizona 85007 United States of America phone 1-602-542-4331, fax 1-602-542-7601 webpage http://www.state.az.us/

Governor Mike Huckabee 250 State Capitol Bldg. Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 United States of America phone 1-501-682-2345, fax 1-501-682-1382 e-mail mike.huckabee@state.ar.us webpage http://www.state.ar.us/governor/gover nor.html

Governor Gray Davis State Capitol Sacramento, California 95814 United States of America phone 1-916-445-2841, fax 1-916-445-4633 e-mail hometeam@ca.gov webpage http://www.ca.gov/s/

Governor Bill Owens 136 State Capitol Denver, Colorado 80203-1792 United States of America phone 1-303-866-2471, fax 1-303-866-2003 webpage http://www.state.co.us/

Governor John Rowland State Capitol, 210 Capitol Ave Hartford, Connecticut 06106 United States of America phone 1-860-566-4840, fax 1-203-524-7396 e-mail governor.rowland@po.state.ct.us webpage http://www.state.ct.us/governor/

Governor Thomas Carper Legislative Hall Dover, Delaware 19901 United States of America phone 1-302-739-4101, fax 1-302-577-3118 e-mail ssnyder@state.de.us webpage http://www.state.de.us/governor/index.htm

Governor Jeb Bush State Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32399 United States of America phone 1-850-488-4441, fax 1-850-487-0801 e-mail page http://www.state.fl.us/eog/govmailform. html webpage http://fcn.state.fl.us/gsd/

Governor Roy Barnes State Capitol Building, Room 203 Atlanta, Georgia 30334 United States of America phone 1-404-656-1776, fax 1-404-657-7332 e-mail governor@gov.state.ga.us webpage http://www.state.ga.us/

Governor Benjamin Cayetano State Capitol, Executive Chambers Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 United States of America phone 1-808-586-0034, fax 1-808-586-0006 e-mail gov@gov.state.hi.us webpage http://gov.state.hi.us

Governor Dirk Kempthorne State Capitol PO Box 83720, 700 West Jefferson, Fl. 2 Boise, Idaho 83720-0034 United States of America phone 1-208-334-2100, fax 1-208-334-2175 e-mail governor@gov.state.id.us webpage http://www.state.id.us/gov/govhmpg.htm

Governor George Ryan 207 Statehouse Springfield, Illinois 62706 United States of America phone 1-217-782-0244, fax 1-217-524-4049 e-mail governor@state.il.us webpage http://www.state.il.us/gov/

Governor Frank O'Bannon Statehouse, Rm. 206 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 United States of America phone 1-317-232-4567, fax 1-317-232-3443 e-mail page http://www.ai.org/gov/gov_mail.html webpage http://www.ai.org/gov/index.html

Governor Thomas Vilsack State Capitol Des Moines, Iowa 50319 United States of America phone 1-515-281-5211, fax 1-515-281-6611 e-mail general.office@igov.state.ia.us webpage http://www.iowaccess.org/

Governor Bill Graves State House Topeka, Kansas 66612 United States of America phone 1-913-296-6240, fax 1-913-296-7973 e-mail page http://www.state.ks.us/public/g overnor/comment.html webpage http://www.state.ks.us/public/governor/

Governor Paul Patton State Capitol, 700 Capitol Ave. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 United States of America phone 1-502-564-2611, fax 1-502-564-2517 e-mail governor@mail.state.ky.us webpage http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/go v/govmenu6.htm

Governor Murphy Foster, Jr. State Capitol, P.O. Box 94004 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 United States of America phone 1-504-342-7015, fax 1-504-342-7099 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.la.us/governo r/contact2.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.la.us/

Governor Angus King, Jr. State House Station 1 Augusta, Maine 04333 United States of America phone 1-207-287-3531, fax 1-207-287-1034 e-mail page http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ gov_form.htm webpage http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ homepage.htm

Governor Parris Glendening State House Annapolis, Maryland 21401 United States of America phone 1-410-974-3901, fax 1-410-974-3275 e-mail governor@gov.state.md.us webpage http://www.gov.state.md.us/

Governor Paul Cellucci State House, Room 360 Boston, Massachusetts 02133 United States of America phone 1-617-727-6250, fax 1-617-727-9725 e-mail goffice@state.ma.us webpage http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/gov/gov.htm

Governor John Engler State Capitol, PO Box 30013 Lansing, Michigan 48909 United States of America phone 1-517-335-7858, fax 1-517-335-6863 email page http://www.state.mi.us/MIGOV/ gov/ContactGovernor.shtm webpage http://www.state.mi.us/migov/

Governor Jesse Ventura 130 State Capitol, 75 Constitution Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 United States of America phone 1-651-296-3391, fax 1-651-296-2089 e-mail Governor.JesseVentura@state.mn.us webpage http://www.mainserver.state.mn.us/gover nor/

Governor Kirk Fordice P.O. Box 139 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 United States of America phone 1-601-737-9540, fax 1-601-737-9507 e-mail governor@govoff.state.ms.us webpage http://www.state.ms.us/

Governor Mel Carnahan Missouri Capitol Building, P.O. Box 720 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0720 United States of America phone 1-573-751-3222, fax 1-573-751-1495 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.mo.us/guest.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.mo.us/

Governor Marc Racicot State Capitol Helena, Montana 59620 United States of America webpage http://www.mt.gov/governor/governor.htm

Governor Mike Johanns State Capitol, Executive Suite, PO Box 94848 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4848 United States of America phone 1-402-471-2244, fax 1-402-471-6031 e-mail jodee@mail.state.ne.us webpage http://www.state.ne.us/

Governor Kenny Guinn State Capitol Carson City, Nevada 89710 United States of America phone 1-702-687-5670, fax 1-702-687-4486 webpage http://www.state.nv.us/

Governor Jeanne Shaheen State House Concord, New Hampshire 03301-4990 United States of America phone 1-603-271-2121, fax 1-603-271-2130 e-mail nhgov@nh.com webpage http://www.state.nh.us/

Governor Christine Todd Whitman Office of the Governor State House, 125 West State St., CN-001 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0001 United States of America phone 1-609-292-6000, fax 1-609-292-5212 e-mail page http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.nj.us/governor/officeo .htm

Governor Gary Johnson State Capitol Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503 United States of America phone 1-505-827-3000, fax 1-505-827-3026 e-mail gov@gov.state.nm.us webpage http://www.state.nm.us/

Governor George Pataki State Capitol Albany, New York 12224 United States of America phone 1-518-474-8390, fax 1-518-474-1513 e-mail gov.pataki@chamber.state.ny.us webpage http://www.state.ny.us/governor

Governor James Hunt, Jr. State Capitol Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 United States of America phone 1-919-733-4240, fax 1-919-733-2120 webpage http://www.sips.state.nc.us/

Governor Edward Schafer 600 E. Blvd, State Capitol, Fl. 1 Bismark, North Dakota 58505 United States of America phone 1-701-328-2200, fax 1-701-328-2205 webpage http://www.ehs.health.stat e.nd.us/gov/governor/index.htm

Governor Bob Taft State House Columbus, Ohio 43215 United States of America phone 1-614-466-3555, 1-614-466-9354 webpage http://www.state.oh.us/gov/

Governor Frank Keating State Capitol Bldg., Rm. 212 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 United States of America phone 1-405-521-2342, fax 1-405-521-3353 e-mail governor@oklaosf.state.ok.us webpage http://www.state.ok.us/

Governor John Kitzhaber State Capitol Salem, Oregon 97310 United States of America phone 1-503-378-4582, fax 1-503-378-4863 webpage http://www.governor.state.or.us/

Governor Tom Ridge 225 Main Capitol Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 United States of America phone 1-717-787-2500, fax 1-717-772-8284 e-mail governor@state.pa.us webpage http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exe c/Governor/overview.html

Governor of the Commonwealth Commonwealth of Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 United States of America webpage http://fortaleza.govpr.org

Governor Lincoln Almond State House Providence, Rhode Island 02903 United States of America phone 1-401-277-2080, fax 1-401-273-5729 webpage http://www.doa.state.ri.us/info/exec.htm

Governor James Hodges State House, PO Box 11369 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 United States of America phone 1-803-737-9540, fax 1-803-737-9507 webpage http://www.state.sc.us/

Governor William Janklow State Capitol, 500 East Capitol Ave Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070 United States of America phone 1-605-773-3212, fax 1-605-773-5844 e-mail sdgov@gov.state.sd.us webpage http://www.state.sd.us /state/executive/governor/governor.htm

Governor Don Sundquist State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee 37243 United States of America phone 1-615-741-2001, fax 1-615-532-9711 e-mail dsundquist@mail.state.tn.us webpage http://www.state.tn.us/governor/

Governor George W. Bush State Capitol, P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711 United States of America phone 1-512-463-2000, fax 1-512-463-1849 webpage http://www.governor.state.tx.us/

Governor Michael Leavitt 210 State Capitol Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 United States of America phone 1-801-538-1000, fax 1-801-538-1528 e-mail governor@state.ut.us webpage http://www.governor.state.ut.us/

Governor Howard Dean 109 State St. Montpelier, Vermont 05609 United States of America phone 1-802-828-3333, fax 1-802-828-3339 e-mail governor@state.vt.us webpage http://www.state.vt.us/

Governor Jim Gilmore State Capitol Richmond, Virginia 23219 United States of America phone 1-804-786-2211, fax 1-804-371-6351 e-mail page http://www.state.va.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.va.us/governor/

Governor Gary Locke State Capitol, P.O. Box 40002 Olympia, Washington 98504-0002 United States of America phone 1-360-902-4111, fax 1-360-753-4110 e-mail governor.locke@governor.wa.gov webpage http://www.wa.gov/governor

Governor Cecil Underwood State Capitol Charleston, West Virginia 25305 United States of America phone 1-304-558-2000, fax 1-304-342-7025 e-mail governor@state.wv.us webpage http://www.state.wi.us/governor/default .htm

Governor Tommy Thompson State Capitol, Room 115 East Madison, Wisconsin 53707 United States of America phone 1-608-266-1212, fax 1-608-267-8983 e-mail wisgov@mail.state.wi.us webpage http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/

Governor Jim Geringer State Capitol Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 United States of America phone 1-307-777-7434, fax 1-307-632-3909 e-mail governor@missc.state.wy.us webpage http://www.state.wy.us/gove rnor/text_governor_home.html

William Clinton President The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, District of Columbia 20500 United States of America phone 1-202-456-1414 fax 1-202-456-2886 or 1-202-456-2461 (busy, keep trying) e-mail president@whitehouse.gov webpage http://www.whitehouse.gov/

House Majority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

House Minority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Speaker, House of Representatives House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Senate Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Senate Minority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Governor Don Seigelman State Capitol, 600 Dexter Ave. Montgomery, Alabama 36130 United States of America phone 1-334-242-7100, fax 1-334-242-4541 webpage http://www.state.al.us/

Governor Tony Knowles P.O. Box A Juneau, Alaska 99811 United States of America phone 1-907-465-3500, fax 1-907-465-3532 e-mail office_of_the_governor@gov.state.ak.u s webpage http://www.gov.state.ak.us/

Governor Jane Dee Hull State House Phoenix, Arizona 85007 United States of America phone 1-602-542-4331, fax 1-602-542-7601 webpage http://www.state.az.us/

Governor Mike Huckabee 250 State Capitol Bldg. Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 United States of America phone 1-501-682-2345, fax 1-501-682-1382 e-mail mike.huckabee@state.ar.us webpage http://www.state.ar.us/governor/gover nor.html

Governor Gray Davis State Capitol Sacramento, California 95814 United States of America phone 1-916-445-2841, fax 1-916-445-4633 e-mail hometeam@ca.gov webpage http://www.ca.gov/s/

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just like the DAT TAX, I'll betcha pretty soon everyone with an internet connection will be charged a special fee, just like anyone with a phone pays the Gore Tax to pay off the phone companies for all the local calls which go on for hours - the ISP tax will go toward placating the RIAA, MPAA, and anybody else who can scream bloody murder the loudest over Inet media and lines up for a piece of the action. It's the perfect solution, a no brainer - it's quick, easy to institute, and assumes everybody is guilty of making illegal copies. Of course the people who do respect copyrights will get shafted, but that's their punishment for being honest in the first place. :))

Well, either Ralph is moving forward rapidly with his agenda, or he didn't look very hard for on-line voting records:
Senate Roll Call votes
House Roll Call votes

Clause 2: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

It's interesting to note the disconect that exists between the so called internet or technology culture, and the rest of society. The tech culture of the US very often seems to ignore the rest of the country because it's "not advanced enough," "ignorant," or simply "stupid." All because they don't share our ability and fascination with technology, because they get their news from the local paper rather than /. Not only is this arrogant of us, it's also personally destructive. Regardless of what you think of the role of government, political parties, and politicians; they are how the US is run. The United States, and it's model of government is one of the most successful in the world: simply look at our Constitution, we're only on our second and even that document has only been ammended some 20 times; while many other countries have gone through a great number of systems.

The tech culture needs to recognize that the government is there, it always has been, and it isn't going to go away any time soon. We need to deal with government rather than simply looking at it and grumbling about it. When you post your opinion on Carnivore, the DMCA, or Echelon CC it to your Senator or Congressman or the head of one of the technology committees. While he might not know or care what that "Napster thing" is he'll certainly begin to care after enough constituents e-amil him. Because when it comes down to it, that's his job, and not all politicians are corrupt.

Even so, reading the news it is also clear that the people in government (especially those making the laws) have just as equally as great a tendency to ignore the tech-community. In a recent interview Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Dick Cheney was asked what he thought of the Napster trial. Cheney condecendingly replied that he "hasn't been following it." It's this attitude that new issues in technology are beneith the attention of politicians that is dangerous - this is how, almost by accident, dangerous precidents can be set now that will affect and perhaps damage things like personal privacy or intellectual property for decades.

In short I see an almost parallel disconnect between the tech culture and the rest of the population. We often don't want to deal with the political process that exists, which seems ponderous and corrupt compared to the fast, merit-based pase on which technology operates. At the same time politicians and the rest of the population seem to ignore advances in technology and their implications. I think we all need to meet somewhere in the middle, with the tech culture working within the political process (I already know of one CS person running for Congress in my district - I'm voting for him) and the government realizing the importance of technology and the internet. I belive that this is what will happen as the current batch of technological innovations and the Internet matures. We'll see...

I dunno... I like U.S. Representative Ron Paul (R-TX).

He is the strongest defender of the Constitution we have in Congress today. Sometimes I think he's the only one that pays any attention to it at all.

I dunno... I like U.S. Representative Ron Paul (R-TX).

He is the strongest defender of the Constitution we have in Congress today. Sometimes I think he's the only one that pays any attention to it at all.

PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR FEINSTEIN!!! Here is an entire website devoted to why you should not vote for her. She's anti-civil rights, anti-Internet, anti-just about everything. I'm not a republican but I'm definitely voting for Tom Campbell, who doesn't support the war on drugs and is pro-choice. Here is Tom Campbell's voting record, and the one on his web site.

Hrunting: I hate how every time someone decides to talk about that wonderous new invention e-mail, the end of the discussion always has to be a statement like this.

Yes, we will need a postal service of some sort for a long time, whether it's a corporation called the United States Postal Service or one called FedEx.

I think you missed his point. Email doesn't make the USPS irrelevant; companies like FedEx make the USPS irrelevant. Or would, if the USPS didn't have a legal monopoly on first class mail.

And as far as government organizations go, the post office isn't exactly like other governmental organizations. They don't depend on the Congressional budget and they operate as a corporation, not as an agency.

Except for nonprofit mailers; they get tax subsudies. Happily the USPS determines who qualifies... which is why magazines like Smithsonian, Mother Jones, and Reason get to mail at taxpayer expense. But yes, the USPS mostly gets it's revenue through business-class (junk) mail, their rates kept low by (illegally) raising first class mail prices.

They are actually an example of an excellently run part of the government and make a strong argument for modeling the different agencies after corporations.

The USPS is much like many corporations in spirit at least... insofar as if the corporations had the power, they'd be despots. In the '70s, they went so far as to tear open FedEx packages, find the senders, and threaten them with Federal prosecution. They tried to ban private email in '79... we may thank, of all people, the folks at the FCC that they failed. Then they started their own day email-to-snailmail system, ECOM: they charged $0.26/letter, and they never lost less than $1.25/letter. Despite electronic transmission, the mail took 2+ days to show up, and 70% of the mail came from an auto advertiser in Detroit... but happily 30% of what got sent ever showed up.

Today they won't allow private companies to deliver to post boxes, and they tried to make private delivery boxes illegal. When they failed, they began requiring companies offering private boxes to collect and report information on their clients: information Congress had forbade the USPS to collect on their own customers. Since government regulations measure lateness from the time the mail leaves the Post Office for final delivery, they've been known to load mail into trailers and roll them outside for weeks at a time.

Bring down their legal monopoly, and you'll see the USPS do an even better imitation of many corporations: they'll go out of business.

While I don't think the e-mail address thing is a good idea, I don't think it is a bad one, either. And I think the Post Office will do a /much/ better job or regulating and controlling abuses to its system than organizations like Hotmail and Yahoo do.

The first sentence of the artice sums it up: it would link the e-mail and real-world addresses in a giant Postal Service database in Memphis, Tenn. Same reason they make private box companies report customer information: to keep a record of them. And as with Social Security, what's optional today may not be tomorrow. Tomorrow you may have to have one, but not have to use it. Once everybody's got one, we'll start hearing arguments about unregulated mail, drugs and terrorism... same arguments which still help prop up the USPS' monopoly. One of many paranoid reasons not to like this.

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I should note... most of the facts I quote here are from two excellent articles. The first is on the Postal Monopoly, published by the Cato Institute. The second is on the USPS' most recent efforts to do something about rampant privacy in America. It's by Ron Paul, Representative from Texas. I strongly suggest reading both, as they convey more than I could have justly summarized here, even if that were my purpose.

Hrunting: I hate how every time someone decides to talk about that wonderous new invention e-mail, the end of the discussion always has to be a statement like this.

Yes, we will need a postal service of some sort for a long time, whether it's a corporation called the United States Postal Service or one called FedEx.

I think you missed his point. Email doesn't make the USPS irrelevant; companies like FedEx make the USPS irrelevant. Or would, if the USPS didn't have a legal monopoly on first class mail.

And as far as government organizations go, the post office isn't exactly like other governmental organizations. They don't depend on the Congressional budget and they operate as a corporation, not as an agency.

Except for nonprofit mailers; they get tax subsudies. Happily the USPS determines who qualifies... which is why magazines like Smithsonian, Mother Jones, and Reason get to mail at taxpayer expense. But yes, the USPS mostly gets it's revenue through business-class (junk) mail, their rates kept low by (illegally) raising first class mail prices.

They are actually an example of an excellently run part of the government and make a strong argument for modeling the different agencies after corporations.

The USPS is much like many corporations in spirit at least... insofar as if the corporations had the power, they'd be despots. In the '70s, they went so far as to tear open FedEx packages, find the senders, and threaten them with Federal prosecution. They tried to ban private email in '79... we may thank, of all people, the folks at the FCC that they failed. Then they started their own day email-to-snailmail system, ECOM: they charged $0.26/letter, and they never lost less than $1.25/letter. Despite electronic transmission, the mail took 2+ days to show up, and 70% of the mail came from an auto advertiser in Detroit... but happily 30% of what got sent ever showed up.

Today they won't allow private companies to deliver to post boxes, and they tried to make private delivery boxes illegal. When they failed, they began requiring companies offering private boxes to collect and report information on their clients: information Congress had forbade the USPS to collect on their own customers. Since government regulations measure lateness from the time the mail leaves the Post Office for final delivery, they've been known to load mail into trailers and roll them outside for weeks at a time.

Bring down their legal monopoly, and you'll see the USPS do an even better imitation of many corporations: they'll go out of business.

While I don't think the e-mail address thing is a good idea, I don't think it is a bad one, either. And I think the Post Office will do a /much/ better job or regulating and controlling abuses to its system than organizations like Hotmail and Yahoo do.

The first sentence of the artice sums it up: it would link the e-mail and real-world addresses in a giant Postal Service database in Memphis, Tenn. Same reason they make private box companies report customer information: to keep a record of them. And as with Social Security, what's optional today may not be tomorrow. Tomorrow you may have to have one, but not have to use it. Once everybody's got one, we'll start hearing arguments about unregulated mail, drugs and terrorism... same arguments which still help prop up the USPS' monopoly. One of many paranoid reasons not to like this.

_____

I should note... most of the facts I quote here are from two excellent articles. The first is on the Postal Monopoly, published by the Cato Institute. The second is on the USPS' most recent efforts to do something about rampant privacy in America. It's by Ron Paul, Representative from Texas. I strongly suggest reading both, as they convey more than I could have justly summarized here, even if that were my purpose.

Just because the bill has been revised doesn't mean that we are no longer in danger of the threats it poses to our rights. Because the version passed by the House differs from the one which passed the Senate, Congress must again decide which version to pass. And even if the House's version passes, that probably won't be enough to stop Senator Feinstein, who will likely beat her opponent, Tom Campbell, in the next elections.

Congress will supposedly convene Tuesday, and when that happens you can read about it on their web site. In the meantime, you can read more coverage on this bill here.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but I'd like to point-out that the constitution says:

"The Congress shall have Power ... To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"

My non-constitutional scholar interpretation is that Congress can pass copyright laws, but is not required to. That is, there's no constitutional right to copyrights. As opposed to, say, free speech, the *ahem* right to bear arms, etc..

I would agree that copyrights for a limited time are a good thing, but there seems to be a growing opinion among some companies they have the right to make money from copyrighted material indefinitely.

PGP and GPG are a great technical solution, and I demand -- not recommend -- that you start encrypting your email. Set PGP up for your friends on their Windows boxen. Show them how to use it. Tell everyone to make it a habit to encrypt everything, but also do it yourself.

But also WRITE TO YOUR CONGRESSMEN and elected officials!! Tell them how you feel!
http://www.house.gov/
http://www.senate.goov/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Do it! Get off your butt and do it now! Now! It can't get too much easier, anyway. Just fax or email or snailmail or call -- your choice. "Hi, could you relay a message to Mr. Gore about an issue that's important to me." Then be short, concise, to the point. Just do it!

I heard somewhere that politicians believe for every person who writes to them about an issue, there are 20 others who feel the same way but didn't write.

MAKE YOURSELF COUNT -- RIGHT NOW!!

Number one is getting out and convincing others. Number two is letting Congress know that, yes, this is something you want tax dollars spent on. And remember - snail mail letters make a much bigger impact than emails. Don't know who or where to write to? Check here for the House of Representatives and here for the Senate

to whom does the NSA answer?

The NSA, like every agency in the Executive Branch, answers to the President, and to one or more oversight committees in Congress.

In this case, the NSA's oversight committees are The Senate Select Committee On Intelligence and the House Committee on National Security.


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but now that they've had a taste of the forbidden fruit, they'll find new ways to hunt.

And it'll piss off a whole bunch of people who just might write their congressmen...

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On Monday (July 21), the House Judiciary Committee's Consititution Subcommittee will be holding a hearing on Carnivore. I've been invited to testify on the risks and benefits of making the Carnivore software open source. You can get a peek at my a href="http://www.crypto.com/papers/openwiretap.htm l> written testimony plus some background information here.

On Monday (July 21), the House Judiciary Committee's Consititution Subcommittee will be holding a hearing on Carnivore. I've been invited to testify on the risks and benefits of making the Carnivore software open source. You can get a peek at my a href="http://www.crypto.com/papers/openwiretap.htm l> written testimony plus some background information here.

If Troll Tech wanted to have "GPL with a commercial exception", they could simply license Qt under the GPL and offer a separate commercial license for sale like other companies do.

You did read this and Matthias Ettrich's comments here?

Unfortunately, even Matthias Ettrich misses the target in several of his replies (arguing about something different for what James Ramsey wrote and not adressing the real issues).

As I wrote at the bottom of this article on Advogato, there are a few things to keep in mind when you read the articles and comments posted on Freshmeat:

• There are no problems if you distribute a GPL'd program using Qt, as long as you only distribute the source code. But the GPL and QPL are incompatible if you distribute a compiled executable, because it would be a derivative work (see the explanation below) and the GPL does not allow the distribution of derivative works unless all parts of the work can be released under the GPL, with some exceptions that are debated in the editorial. For example, according to the exception stated at the end of section 3 of the GPL, it could be possible to distribute KDE binaries if Qt can be considered to be a standard part of the operating system and KDE is not distributed together with Qt (which would be a problem for all Linux distributions).
• The GPL cannot force you to change the license of other pieces of code and it cannot force you to use the code in some specific way (in fact, it allows you to do almost whatever you want with the code for private purposes), but it can (and does) prevent you from re-destributing the GPL'd code if you do not meet some conditions. One of these conditions is that all parts of a derivative work must be distributed under the GPL (see section 2b, the so-called "viral clause").
• If you are the author of a piece of code, you are free to distribute it under any license and to change the license (for new versions) at any time. However, this is only possible if you are the only copyright holder. If you have used any code that was contributed by someone else, then all contributors must agree on the new license. This is a problem because some KDE applications (not many, fortunately) have borrowed some code from other applications and it is not easy to get the agreement on the "Qt exception" from all authors and contributors. So although more than 90% of the KDE code could be considered to implicitely have the "Qt exception" because the code was written specifically for KDE, the status of the remaining parts of the code (especially in KDE applications that are not part of the core) should be clarified.
• Some people say that we need a new version of the GPL without the viral clause, because the current version is too restrictive and the new one would solve the KDE problems. But they fail to understand that some authors of GPL'd code do want this restriction, and chose to release their code under the GPL precisely because of it (this does not necessarily apply to all authors of GPL'd code, but those who are in that category cannot be ignored).

I recommend that you read Sam Tobin-Hochstadt's diary entry on Advogato (16 Jul 2000), in which he describes what is a ``derivative work'' according to the copyright law (17 USC Sec. 101). Since KDE falls in this category, section 2b of the GPL requires all parts of the derivative work to be published under the terms of the GPL. Parts of Qt (at least the macros and types defined in the Qt header files if you are linking dynamically, or even the whole Qt library if you are linking statically) are included in KDE binaries, and therefore must be re-distributable under the terms of the GPL. This is in conflict with the QPL version 1.0 (used for Qt 2.0), which adds some restrictions that are not compatible with the GPL. Even the QPL version 2.0 (planned for a future release of Qt?) would not solve these problems, as discussed in the Freshmeat editorial.

I really should get back to studying for the bar exam...

The Full Faith & Credit Clause doesn't really have that much to do with Federal court jurisdiction. However, the Supremacy Clause says that federal laws are supreme to anything the individual states can pass (with a lot of exceptions these days).

Generally, Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over questions involving federal laws. That's why you'll almost never see a copyright or patent case in a state court -- most IP laws are federal laws.

DHartung, you said, Yesmail is "suing in Federal court because they are seeking injunctive relief under Federal law." This hasn't been established yet. Federal courts, under 28 U.S.C. s1332, have jurisdiction to hear ALL CIVIL ACTIONS in which the amount in controversy is over $75,000 and the parties are citizens of different states.

I've seen nothing in the article or on the MAPS webpage that a federal question is involved. According to the article, yesmail's complaint states that MAPS "would disrupt yesmail's contractual relationships with its advertising business". This type of "tortious interference" isn't covered by any federal law, so we're dealing with diversity jurisdiction.

Anyone up for more civil procedure discussion?

Yes, it's a federal judge. The article says the order was issued from a judge in the Northern District Court of Illinois (Eastern Division). State trial courts in Illinois are called the Circuit Courts (ie, the "Circuit Court of Cook County").

In federal courts, you can bring suit in the district where the defendant resides OR the district in which a substantial part of the events giving rise to the claim occurred. See 28 U.S.C. 1391.

It's generally (although not conclusively) been established that posting stuff on the Internet subjects you to the jurisdiction of courts everywhere, since your communication reaches those jurisdictions. Caveat blacklister...

Short synopsis:

• Can't use the words "Olympic", "Olympiad", "Paralympic", "Paralympiad", or "Pan-American" in a trademark or to induce the sale of goods without the IOC's permission
• Exceptions are made for pre-existing (before Sep 21, 1950) or for geographic references to mountains that were named before Feb 6, 1998.

Even if this wasn't a binding contract, it is most certainly unethical. It is my personal belief that no corporate entity should be able to spy on their employees by sifting through their e-mail. It violates all sorts of rights granted to us by the Bill of Rights.

Furthermore, the government has passed laws regarding the Interception of Digital and Other Communications

The U.S. Code Title 47, Chapter 2, Section 33 also notes: From the decrees and judgments of the district courts in actions and suits arising under this chapter appeals shall be allowed as provided by law in other cases. Criminal actions and proceedings for a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be commenced and prosecuted in the district court for the district within which the offense was committed, and when not committed within any judicial district, then in the district court for the district within which the offender may be found; and suits of a civil nature may be commenced in the district court for any district within which the defendant may be found and shall be served with process. I think that a closer look at this case may lead to a chance to take legal action against the employer.

Remember, their beef (no pun intended) was with being ruled without representation by some braindead aristocratic loser thousands of miles away. The twit Brits believed that just because his father was King so should his son be king. How insane is that? What qualifications does he have? That's not a way to rule a country. You need democratically elected representatives to voice the opinion of the majority of the nation!

Thats exactly what the artical is saying! France has the right to live out of the rule of the corporate america. And take a look at American "democracy" these days. America is one of the oldest democracies thats still around and this is something to be pround of. But its age shows. We americans live under a plutocracy, where third parties can not have a voice. Other newer democracies are not like this! Why is it that we are the richest nation in the world but second only to Mexico in poverty in industrialized nations?

And now organizations like the WTO take American sovernity. Check out this link from a conservative legistlator complaining about the WTO for those reasons.

ex. I buy a stock with a pgp or what ever signed electronic doc.

That stock dives.

My broker calls, I say "Oh my private key and passphrase got stolen because my system was compromised"

Time for a visit to court.

I haven't read the legislation for digital signatures and I don't know what sort of system they are proposing. I don't think that it was a good idea for this law to be passed especial by people who know little about technology. Ok I looked at the bill now and it seems that each agency that uses signatures will have to come decide what they want to use independently. That's quite nice. I guess also today's system doesn't work all that well either, there's nothing stopping me from filling out 1040's for random people in the phone book.

www-eshoo.house.gov,office of bill's proposer

bill text

Whatever, hope it works out.

The link is broken, and 15 minutes searching at www.house.gov turned up nothing. Hello?

Napster is not to blame. The RIAA is to blame for this violation of our 17th Amendment rights. Just because the RIAA has vast reserves of cash at its hand to sway our representatives doesn't make its rape of the Constitution right.

A the head of Celera himself said in recent Congressional testimony, "There is no example of the results of any genome sequence project being published in the scientific literature prior to meeting the established quality, order and completeness standards. It would be poor science policy and a terrible precedent for the young genomics field." (My emphasis.)

Of course, there aren't all that many published genomes altogether, are there? Those established standards for quality, order and compelteness are arbitrary, and peer review is sort of an odd process in a case that has seen so much public political ballyhooing. With the fruit fly genome, several minor errors were discovered and corrected - but remember that even very high accuracy (say, 99.5% accuracy) can mean many thousands of errors in a database this vast.

So the next few years will be spent tidying up and cleaning up the data. But the key areas will be ascertained first, and those will get the most attention. And then - even as we speak - people will be busy annotating, and trying to find correspondences between gene sequences and phenotype - that's the huge task of figuring out just what this vast porridge of G, C, A and T means.

For more, see our Biotech page.

A. Keiper
The Center for the Study of Technology and Society
Washington, D.C.

As we are discovering, the lines of responsibility in this crazy, mixed-up, hyperlinked world are blurry indeed.

I don't think so. The lines of responsibility are clear-cut. These actions by DoubleClick and all these other privacy invading companies are a violation of my 23rd Amendment rights.

Maybe this sort of thing would fly in the 60's, but it's high time we started interpreting the Constitution like it was meant to be interpreted.

Similarly, I could write a "Harry Potter" parody, but I can't title it "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," because that would clearly confuse people looking for the actual book.

I think you've made a slightly bad analogy. A more appropriate analogy would be:

You could write a "Harry Potter" parody, but you can't title it "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Bone".

Remember, they are PETA, the website they own is PETA.com PETA.org is slightly different, just as "Sorcerer's Stone" and "Sorcerer's Bone" are slightly different.

I'm not a lawyer, but it stands to reason that unless they specifically hold some sort of leagal claim to "PETA.org" they shouldn't automatically have rights to it.

so because PETA owns the rights to PETA, I wouldn't be able to start a company named PETA, which stands for Personal Eating Tiny Ants? They are two different things, which PETA.org was different... in fact it was the TOTAL OPPOSITE of PETA.com

Write your Representative: http://www.house.gov/writerep/

MircoSoap ph33rz me!

[Honestly, each time I tried to submit this from a Windoze machine -four tries- the box crashed! Then I switched to a Linux machine and the ISP went down. Fortunately I have a backup ISP. Chill, Bill, it ain't that incriminating!]

Here's the specific section, 15 US Code 29(b), covering "what happens next". It's short and clear.


TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 1 - MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
Sec. 29. Appeals
(b) Direct appeals to Supreme Court

An appeal from a final judgment pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall lie directly to the Supreme Court, if, upon application of a party filed within fifteen days of the filing of a notice of appeal, the district judge who adjudicated the case enters an order stating that immediate consideration of the appeal by the Supreme Court is of general public importance in the administration of justice. Such order shall be filed within thirty days after the filing of a notice of appeal. When such an order is filed, the appeal and any cross appeal shall be docketed in the time and manner prescribed by the rules of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court shall thereupon either (1) dispose of the appeal and any cross appeal in the same manner as any other direct appeal authorized by law, or (2) in its discretion, deny the direct appeal and remand the case to the court of appeals, which shall then have jurisdiction to hear and determine the same as if the appeal and any cross appeal therein had been docketed in the court of appeals in the first instance pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

Excerpt from an email I sent my Congressman:

I recently read an article on http://www.slashdot.org concerning background checks and credit records. The discussion by the users that followed concerns me greatly.

The discussion was about whether or not companies that track information about individuals are liable for that information to be correct. Specifically, several anecdotes by the users referred to individuals not being able to secure employment because a background check that was done on the individual mistakenly listed the said individual as having committed a felony.

Currently there is no system in place that holds companies that do background checks (and credit checks for that matter) liable for the information that they provide. There are no penalties in place for companies that provide false or incorrect information. I believe there should be a law that makes these companies liable for the information that they provide to their customers about individuals.

Sincerely,

Joshua Gramlich

Everyone, go here and write your representative concerning this matter.

Copyrights have no sense serving public interest.

The Constitution disagrees:

Section 8 - Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

True enough, and that would just be another example of Good Idea, Bad Implementation.

Hopefully though, the law is intended for it's stated purpose, and not just another way for Big Brother to destroy anonymity by tracking people after requiring them to use signatures.

Here's the offical House Committee on Commerce News Release, and the Conference Report (.pdf), anyone got a link to the bill in question, "S.761"? It's strangely missing from the site (or at least not anywhere I can find it), even though the ConfRep is intended to accompany it.

-Tommy

True enough, and that would just be another example of Good Idea, Bad Implementation.

Hopefully though, the law is intended for it's stated purpose, and not just another way for Big Brother to destroy anonymity by tracking people after requiring them to use signatures.

Here's the offical House Committee on Commerce News Release, and the Conference Report (.pdf), anyone got a link to the bill in question, "S.761"? It's strangely missing from the site (or at least not anywhere I can find it), even though the ConfRep is intended to accompany it.

-Tommy

Recent legislation (May 16, 2000) has recently been passed and is now actually on the books. This new law is an amendment to the United States Code and it may lead to taxation of IP telephony.

Here is the bill with the amendment.

The bill is supposed to not allow the taxation of internet services, but at the last minute due to pressure from the TelCo companies, a new paragraph was added to the end making IP Telephony taxable.

What do you guys think?

For more information:
Internet Rally against HR1291
A Wired.com article about this legislation.
A ZDNet article.

Rami James
Pixel Pusher
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You don't have to be actually dealing any drugs to be robbed at gunpoint by the cops. Just drive down I-10 through Louisiana with some cash in your car. Oh, yeah, and it helps - a lot - if you're black.

You think I'm kidding, don't you? God, I wish I were. Here, read this. Or, from the President of the ACLU, this. Or lest you fall for the anti-ACLU business that is so popular with demagogues in this country, and dismiss the above as just the ranting of some left-wing weirdos, here is a statement published by the office of conservative Republican congressman Henry Hyde. In fact, the appaling damage which the logic-twisting pro-police-state judicial activists of the Rehnquist Supreme Court have inflicted upon the Constitutional rights of American citizens has outraged many Congressmen of both the Democratic party and the Republican party, who have responded this year with legislation to undo their excesses and restore those Constitutional rights to the public. This bill has not yet been signed by President Clinton, who has a terrible record of siding with the law enforcement gang against the interests of mere citizens. Let us hope that FBI Director Freeh and Drug Tsar McCafferty (that war criminal) don't talk him into vetoing this bill.

Yours WDK - WKiernan@concentric.net

You also might like to look at the main web page for the Small Business Committee: http://www.house.gov/smbiz/about/members.htm

(Go ahead, call me a karma whore, I don't mind.)

You also might like to look at the main web page for the Small Business Committee: http://www.house.gov/smbiz/about/members.htm

(Go ahead, call me a karma whore, I don't mind.)

This of course doesn't say anything about formats, but it seems to *POTENTIALLY* cover the net-libraries of ROM images, IMHO. However, this law also has some specific requirements the library has to follow to avoid infringing, and the one ROM archive I've seen wasn't following those rules. A library trying to set itself up to use this defense should get an attorney, 'cause I ain't one...

Here is a contact form.

Also, there is an email: smbiz@mail.house.gov.

Dear Sir or Madam:

As a citizen of the United States of America, I am concerned at the short notice given to the internet community of the "Internet Music" hearing to be held this Wednesday, May 24th. I only heard about the hearing today, via the following website (http://www.slashdot.org)

I am also concerned at the small number of participants invited to speak at this hearing, especially as the topic and proposals are in no way restricted to small business or the music industry.

I am requesting that before any hearing be held on this matter, the following two organizations be contacted and allowed time to present their points of view on freedom and the internet : The Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org) and the Free Software Foundation (www.fsf.org).

I am not of the opinion that restrictions on the internet affect only the music industry. To me, such a view is dangerously shortsighted.

Your cooperation is this matter is appreciated.

Here is a contact form.

Also, there is an email: smbiz@mail.house.gov.

Dear Sir or Madam:

As a citizen of the United States of America, I am concerned at the short notice given to the internet community of the "Internet Music" hearing to be held this Wednesday, May 24th. I only heard about the hearing today, via the following website (http://www.slashdot.org)

I am also concerned at the small number of participants invited to speak at this hearing, especially as the topic and proposals are in no way restricted to small business or the music industry.

I am requesting that before any hearing be held on this matter, the following two organizations be contacted and allowed time to present their points of view on freedom and the internet : The Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org) and the Free Software Foundation (www.fsf.org).

I am not of the opinion that restrictions on the internet affect only the music industry. To me, such a view is dangerously shortsighted.

Your cooperation is this matter is appreciated.

Here is a contact form.

Also, there is an email: smbiz@mail.house.gov.

Dear Sir or Madam:

As a citizen of the United States of America, I am concerned at the short notice given to the internet community of the "Internet Music" hearing to be held this Wednesday, May 24th. I only heard about the hearing today, via the following website (http://www.slashdot.org)

I am also concerned at the small number of participants invited to speak at this hearing, especially as the topic and proposals are in no way restricted to small business or the music industry.

I am requesting that before any hearing be held on this matter, the following two organizations be contacted and allowed time to present their points of view on freedom and the internet : The Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org) and the Free Software Foundation (www.fsf.org).

I am not of the opinion that restrictions on the internet affect only the music industry. To me, such a view is dangerously shortsighted.

Your cooperation is this matter is appreciated.

The actual phone number for the Small Business Committee is (202) 225-5821 and you can leave a message for Jim Talent of Missouri. He is their chairman. Their email address is smbiz@mail.house.gov and their website is www.house.gov/smbiz/welcome.html . Everyone call and raise your voice!

The actual phone number for the Small Business Committee is (202) 225-5821 and you can leave a message for Jim Talent of Missouri. He is their chairman. Their email address is smbiz@mail.house.gov and their website is www.house.gov/smbiz/welcome.html . Everyone call and raise your voice!