After writing a letter (about Mattel etc) to the largest newspaper in my area, the following article appeared:
http://www.press.co.nz/2000/14/000404c00.htm
It reads almost a bit like an abbreviation of the letter I sent, covering the points I made in the manner I made them, and so is one hell of a morale booster regarding "What Can I Do? (Preferably From The Comfort Of My Armchair)".
If you write a letter to your news provider, containing a summary, research, links, etc., then they not only have your point of view, they have quick launch-pad for their own fact-finding, meaning that in order to meet a deadline, they don't have to just grab what Mattel is trying to tell them and write about evil hackers trying to expose innocent kids to obscenity.
Keep a constant stream of information going to the media, this way our side has at least a chance of being heard. If they have to go out and look for our side of the story, vs Mattel delivering info to their doorstep, chances are the deadline leaves Mattel's version predominant. The MPAA is walking all over DeCSS coverage and it seems apparent that many people in the press have no idea DeCSS is anything but a pirate's DVD-copying utility...
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After writing a letter (about Mattel etc) to the largest newspaper in my area, the following article appeared:
http://www.press.co.nz/2000/14/000404c00.htm
It reads almost a bit like an abbreviation of the letter I sent, covering the points I made in the manner I made them, and so is one hell of a morale booster regarding "What Can I Do? (Preferably From The Comfort Of My Armchair)".
If you write a letter to your news provider, containing a summary, research, links, etc., then they not only have your point of view, they have quick launch-pad for their own fact-finding, meaning that in order to meet a deadline, they don't have to just grab what Mattel is trying to tell them and write about evil hackers trying to expose innocent kids to obscenity.
Keep a constant stream of information going to the media, this way our side has at least a chance of being heard. If they have to go out and look for our side of the story, vs Mattel delivering info to their doorstep, chances are the deadline leaves Mattel's version predominant. The MPAA is walking all over DeCSS coverage and it seems apparent that many people in the press have no idea DeCSS is anything but a pirate's DVD-copying utility...
Don't stop writing - sometimes it works.