[olug] OT: Help Stop the Induce Act: Call Congress Tomorrow

[bwiese at cotse.com]

Please call if possible, and if you cannot (say if you're in Norway or
something) please send your Congressional reps an email or letter from
www.congress.org!

Brian

> D'oh!
>
> Sorry, I forgot that olug@ strips out all attachments, including text
> attachments.  Here's the content I was trying to include, inline this
> time:
>
>  On Tuesday, September 14, thousands of people will ask Congress to
>  throw out the Induce Act, a bill that poses a dire threat to the future
>  of innovation in America. Sign up here to add your voice:
>
>  http://www.savebetamax.org/
>
>  The Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act (S.2560) would extend
>  copyright liability to companies that "induce" copyright infringement.
>  This profound change in the law would make it nearly impossible for a
>  company to bring innovative new technologies to the market. Under the
>  threat of entertainment industry lawsuits based on the Induce Act,
>  technology companies would be forced to first ask permission from
>  Hollywood and the record labels. If the entertainment industry had this
>  kind of veto power in the past, it's likely that technologies like the
>  VCR, iPod, and CD burners would never have seen the light of day.
>  That's why we need you to speak out against the Induce Act:
>
>  http://www.savebetamax.org/
>
>  Our friends at Downhill Battle are coordinating the calls at
>  SaveBetamax.org, a site that gives you the information you need to make
>  a quick, easy call to Congress. SaveBetamax.org also provides
>  background on why the Induce Act is so misguided, including an overview
>  of the Supreme Court's decision in the famous Sony Betamax case, which
>  established that the maker of a technology cannot be held liable for
>  copyright violations by users as long as the technology has substantial
>  non-infringing uses. This "Betamax doctrine" spurred two decades of
>  unprecedented technological innovation - and enormous profits for the
>  very companies that ironically want to reverse it with the Induce Act.
>
>  Make sure Congress knows you don't support the Induce Act - sign up to
>  call Congress at SaveBetamax.org. Thanks for your support.
>
>  Sincerely,
>
>  Ren Bucholz
>  EFF Activism Coordinator
>  http://www.eff.org
>
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> | Christopher
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> | Here I stand.  I can do no other.              |
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