I think the letter makes some good statements. However, before sending I'd run it through a spell checker. I found a few typos. Just thought I'd tell you before you send it off. Also, I was wondering if I could modify this to be used as a template to illicit the help of my classmates in sending letter to our representatives. I believe it'll be easier to get them to help if I have a template to show them since I seem to one of only a half dozen in my school that would even understand what the CBDTPA affects.
I'm still in highschool, and although it's spring break, I doubt my mom will let me go travel to a protest rally or the Million Geek March mentioned in the Wired story.:P Anything I can do to fight against this (or the DMCA which is only a little less evil)? Any suggestions for spreading awareness? I only know a few people that could be even remotely considered technically-inclined at my school, so it'd be me spreading the word alone. T-shirts too corny? Maybe convince the school newspaper editor to allow me to write up an article on the issue? Or perhaps submitting the article as an editorial for my local paper? I'm not sure how my local paper is connected to the media giants, so that might not work. But since I live in the backwaters of Wisconsin, I doubt there's much influence here. Any suggestions/comments welcome.
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I think the letter makes some good statements. However, before sending I'd run it through a spell checker. I found a few typos. Just thought I'd tell you before you send it off. Also, I was wondering if I could modify this to be used as a template to illicit the help of my classmates in sending letter to our representatives. I believe it'll be easier to get them to help if I have a template to show them since I seem to one of only a half dozen in my school that would even understand what the CBDTPA affects.
I'm still in highschool, and although it's spring break, I doubt my mom will let me go travel to a protest rally or the Million Geek March mentioned in the Wired story. :P Anything I can do to fight against this (or the DMCA which is only a little less evil)? Any suggestions for spreading awareness? I only know a few people that could be even remotely considered technically-inclined at my school, so it'd be me spreading the word alone. T-shirts too corny? Maybe convince the school newspaper editor to allow me to write up an article on the issue? Or perhaps submitting the article as an editorial for my local paper? I'm not sure how my local paper is connected to the media giants, so that might not work. But since I live in the backwaters of Wisconsin, I doubt there's much influence here. Any suggestions/comments welcome.