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Today Is INDUCE Act Call-in Day
evilpenguin writes "Downhill Battle and the EFF, or Electronic Frontier Foundation are teaming up today to organize a Congressional call-in to oppose the INDUCE act. Sign up for the effort at the aptly named savebetamax.org. This is a chance to have a real impact on an important issue. The call-in is today, so if you oppose INDUCE, follow the betamax link today!" -
Today Is INDUCE Act Call-in Day
evilpenguin writes "Downhill Battle and the EFF, or Electronic Frontier Foundation are teaming up today to organize a Congressional call-in to oppose the INDUCE act. Sign up for the effort at the aptly named savebetamax.org. This is a chance to have a real impact on an important issue. The call-in is today, so if you oppose INDUCE, follow the betamax link today!" -
Savebetamax.org National Call-in Day
Rinisari writes "Savebetamax.org, a project of Downhill Battle, has set up a national call-in day for September 14th. They ask that on that day, each person signed up call a specific congressperson about the INDUCE act in an effort to keep a steady stream of calls all day. The "Save Betamax" nomenclature comes from the fact that the INDUCE act could reverse the decision in the 1984 Sony v. Universal case regarding Sony's Betamax VTRs and copying of copyrighted movies." -
NYT Promotes File Sharing
aisaac writes "An article in today's NYT comments intelligently on filesharing. Key points: downloading music is not illegal, peer-to-peer enables this useful and legal activity, and a list of good places to find good music online (including the American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress. The Induce Act is briefly mentioned without analysis, but the article does not mention that some of the Act's sponsors and cosponsors have expressed a willingness to consider ammendments to restrict the application of the Act. (This according to a letter I received from Senator Sarbanes.) Let's keep the pressure on!" A Congress call-in day is being organized.