Do you feel that it would be a good time for a shift in strategy towards more active measures such as forming a group to lobby representatives directly, issuing mailings about the DMCA particularly to those whose representatives support legislation like the DMCA/UCITA/SSSCA, or beginning a television ad campaign?
I for one would be willing to donate to such a campaign. If someone set something up on Paypal, I imagine there would be a significant amount of contributions. Maybe not enough for a television ad campaign, but certainly enough to get this issue more attention.
Maybe there should be an Update: on the first page, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that chrisd isn't valid. The point remains that the chosen leader of the privacy division is not a privacy advocate, but rather someone who is good at cleaning up mistakes and doing what is necessary to comply.
Instead of choosing someone who is viewed as a consensus builder it would be better if the agency chose someone who zealously defends the privacy rights of citizens.
I would imagine because Apple has traditionally tried to monopolize the production of their product. If you want a Mac, you have to buy the computer from Apple. If you want a Windows machine, you can buy from Dell, Gateway (ugh), etc, or make it yourself.
It would seem that GW thinks that by forcing people to come into their stores to buy their products, they will be able to sucker them into buying more than they need. I bet they just lose more customers than they gain.
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and he said: Praise be to O'Reilly
after receiving about 46,000 complaints
You've got to wonder why they didn't wait for 100,000.I for one would be willing to donate to such a campaign. If someone set something up on Paypal, I imagine there would be a significant amount of contributions. Maybe not enough for a television ad campaign, but certainly enough to get this issue more attention.
Maybe there should be an Update: on the first page, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that chrisd isn't valid. The point remains that the chosen leader of the privacy division is not a privacy advocate, but rather someone who is good at cleaning up mistakes and doing what is necessary to comply.
Instead of choosing someone who is viewed as a consensus builder it would be better if the agency chose someone who zealously defends the privacy rights of citizens.I would imagine because Apple has traditionally tried to monopolize the production of their product. If you want a Mac, you have to buy the computer from Apple. If you want a Windows machine, you can buy from Dell, Gateway (ugh), etc, or make it yourself. It would seem that GW thinks that by forcing people to come into their stores to buy their products, they will be able to sucker them into buying more than they need. I bet they just lose more customers than they gain.