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EFF: 48 Hours to Stop the Broadcast Flag

Posted by timothy on from the hard-not-to-be-cynical dept.

The Importance of writes "Think the Broadcast Flag is dead? EFF is warning that Hollywood is trying to sneak the broadcast flag into law as an amendment to a massive appropriations bill. 'If what we hear is true, the provision will be introduced before a subcommittee tomorrow and before the full appropriations committee on Thursday. That gives us 48 hours to stop it.' Action Alert here. List of Senator's phone numbers here."

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  1. I wrote about this to CNN by flyingace · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dont know if my news tip will get picked up. These things should not be sneaked in.

  2. Re:I didn't think you could by greg_barton · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its against the rules of the Senate (rule XVI)

    I seem to recall the words of our honerable Senate president: "Go fuck yourself!"

  3. If I'm not mistaken.... by Kwirl · · Score: 5, Funny

    By the time this story is an accepted submission, it will be 36+ hours past the deadline. All slashdotters should therefore direct their attention to criticizing the outcome pre-emptively in order to maintain an effective schedule.

  4. Re:Did it ever occure to you yanks... by Concerned+Onlooker · · Score: 5, Funny

    We're working on a patch for that.

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  5. Re:senators by IntergalacticWalrus · · Score: 5, Funny

    "i'd write my senators, but i can't find my checkbook."

    Gotta love how this was modded 'insightful'...

  6. Re:Slashdotters Untie! I mean, Unite! by Ingolfke · · Score: 5, Funny

    See the senators flee in terror as hundreds of thousands of /.'ers email "In Soviet Russia the bill rides you".

    (Note... many are confused as they believe this may be a reference to the previous administration.)

  7. Re:heh by grub · · Score: 5, Funny

    especially considering who's currently holding the pen.

    s/pen/crayon/g

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  8. Re:heh by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

    what we really need is the ability to give the Presidential Office back line-item veto power

    Score:3, Insightful

    This should be Score:5, Funny! I absolutely burst out laughing when I read it. It took me a full minute before I could manage focus enough to read beyond that first sentence.

    Bush veto the broadcast flag? Woohoo! I guess that would be right between vetoing a Defense of Marriage item and trimming troubling new police powers out of Patriot Act II Revenge of the Sith.

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