Here is what I wrote; please use it, change it if you like, and email it to your state's senators:
(Your Senator's Name Here),
The passing of the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 (S. 2560) would be a mistake felt by both consumers and manufacturers.
Those of us with enough personal responsiblity would suffer the most, as the price of devices manufactured for media duplication sky-rockets, due to high legal fees, and the need to develop exotic copyright-protection schemes. Due to the vague wording of the Bill, our ability to own music, movies, and other media may even disappear as consumers are forced to adopt the entertainment industries' extreme piracy prevention schemes.
Please remove your support from this Bill, as it only punishes the law abiding citizen and an industry that produces to meet a consumer demand. As usual, the criminal would find a way around this limitation.
Thank You,
(Your Name Here)
Considering the subject of this thread, I guess I should write up some legal document releasing this sample email into the public domain, so no one gets sued for using my material...
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I remember how they treated MST3K before it was canceled. Unlike Comedy Central, they seemed to know the audience.
The write-your-on-caption feature on the Sci-Fi website was very cool.
Here is what I wrote; please use it, change it if you like, and email it to your state's senators:
(Your Senator's Name Here),
The passing of the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 (S. 2560) would be a mistake felt by both consumers and manufacturers.
Those of us with enough personal responsiblity would suffer the most, as the price of devices manufactured for media duplication sky-rockets, due to high legal fees, and the need to develop exotic copyright-protection schemes. Due to the vague wording of the Bill, our ability to own music, movies, and other media may even disappear as consumers are forced to adopt the entertainment industries' extreme piracy prevention schemes.
Please remove your support from this Bill, as it only punishes the law abiding citizen and an industry that produces to meet a consumer demand. As usual, the criminal would find a way around this limitation.
Thank You,
(Your Name Here)
Considering the subject of this thread, I guess I should write up some legal document releasing this sample email into the public domain, so no one gets sued for using my material...
Whatever; just send it in.
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And here are some tips on how to compose the email.
I already sent mine.
Here's the URL: www.tracksidephoto.com/DARPA
There are full resolution, 6 mega-pixel images avaliable for download, but please don't take our servers down, K?
It already exists: This Thing Of Ours (about 1/3 way through)