Hardball Tactics For The Geek Lobby

sfjoe writes: "The San Francisco Chronicle has this story on how to effectively make the point about online freedom of speech. In a nutshell, until a legislator gets slapped around (electorally-speaking) for kowtowing to the narrow corporate interests, nobody in Congress will take online civil liberties seriously. On the other hand if, for example, Senator Disney gets his balls whacked (electorally-speaking), monstrosities like the DMCA will start getting bottled up in congressional committees. The NRA has been doing this for years and it works."

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Just like the NRA?

[jvollmer]

The NRA has been doing this for years and it works."

Perhaps this is the key.

Under some circumstances, exported computers are classified as munitions. Can't we simply apply the Second Amendment to assure our freedom to use computers as we see fit?

Re:Two words: Jack Brooks.

[einTier]

Hey, I actually got to be his waiter one night in 1996. I'll leave the details up to you, but let's just say it was very satisfying.