Re: [vox] fwd [dmarti@zgp.org: [svlug] DMCA reform]

[Bill Kendrick <nbs@soniMAPSc.net>]

On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 02:56:20PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> bill,
> 
> how did doug ose vote?
> 
> i would be surprised if doug ose voted the way we wanted him to vote.
> 
> are you giving us his address so we can thank him or chastise him?


(Please be sure you read Don's email which I forwarded, below.)

I provided Rep. Ose's address so that those interested may send
a similar letter to him, as Don had suggest SVLUG folks do to
the San Jose area's Rep., Anna Eshoo.

-bill!


> 
> pete
> 
> 
> begin Bill Kendrick <nbs@sonic.net> 
> > 
> > Davis is in California's 3rd district and is represented by
> > The Honorable Doug Ose:
> > 
> >   215 Cannon
> >   Washington, D. C> 20515
> >   (202) 225-5716
> > 
> > -bill!
> > pr@lugod.org
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Forwarded message from Don Marti <dmarti@zgp.org> -----
> > 
> > Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 14:12:25 -0700
> > From: Don Marti <dmarti@zgp.org>
> > Subject: [svlug] DMCA reform
> > To: Silicon Valley Linux User Group <svlug@lists.svlug.org>
> > 
> > Members in the 16th Congressional district should write to Rep. Zoe
> > Lofgren to thank her for supporting the rights of Linux users to
> > play DVDs and other media.
> > 
> > http://www.house.gov/lofgren/press/107press/021002_release.htm
> > 
> > For those of us in the 14th district, it would be a good idea to
> > get our Rep., Anna Eshoo, to become a cosponsor.
> > 
> > Here's a letter I just printed -- don't send the exact same letter
> > but feel free to borrow parts.
> > 
> > 
> > \documentclass[letterpaper,10pt]{letter}
> > 
> > \address{Donald B. Marti Jr.\\
> > 99 East Middlefield Rd. \#17\\
> > Mountain View, CA 94043 USA}
> > 
> > \date{3 October 2002}
> > 
> > \signature{Donald B. Marti Jr.}
> > 
> > \begin{document}
> > 
> > \begin{letter}{The Honorable Anna Eshoo\\
> > 698 Emerson Street\\
> > Palo Alto, California 94301}
> > 
> > \opening{Dear Representative Eshoo:}
> > 
> > The anticircumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright
> > Act (DMCA) have failed to affect copyright infringement while acting
> > only as an obstacle to the development of new software for business
> > and education.
> > 
> > Representative Zoe Lofgren's Digital Choice and Freedom Act of 2002
> > is a welcome reform that will preserve the historic benefits of
> > copyright while helping software innovators deliver useful products
> > for digital media artists and customers.
> > 
> > Please become a cosponsor of this legislation and join our 16th
> > district neighbor in supporting the innovation and free speech that
> > are so vital to our area.
> > 
> > \closing{Sincerely,}
> > 
> > \end{letter}
> > 
> > \end{document}
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Don Marti
> > http://zgp.org/~dmarti
> > dmarti@zgp.org
> > KG6INA
> > 
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