Heads Up -Broadcast Flag vote w/begin to erode your right to copy from TV!

[cyberpj]

They may start with HBO and premium channels but far-ranging possibilities could include anything, like, say, Presidential Press Conferences...State of the Unions...News Broadcasts...anything they want to attach the broadcast flag to. In any other administration that might sound far-fetched, huh?

MPAA may sneak Broadcast Flag thru Senate attached to unrelated legislation as early as TODAY.

Broadcast Flag chapter 93: MPAA be gettin’ sneaky!
Posted Jun 20, 2005, 8:14 PM ET by Barb Dybwad

Okay, listen up — the MPAA may have tried to fake us out, but it looks like we haven’t yet heard the last of the Broadcast Flag.

Word on the street is that the Broadcast Flag bill may be snuck into a Senate Appropriations Committee spending bill that will be up for consideration as early as tomorrow.

Looks like they’re taking pointers from the Real ID Act, which also made it through Congress on the coattails of a spending bill — sneaky, sneaky!

If you live in any of the states who have members on the committee (MS, AK, PA, NM, MO, KY, MT, AL, NH, UT, ID, TX, OH, KS, CO, WV, HI, VT, IA, MD, NV, WI, WA, ND, CA, IL, SD, LA), call them now. There’s no time for letter-sending.

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000073047473/


FAQ: What is a broadcast flag:
http://www.mpaa.org/Press/Broadcast_Flag_QA.htm

Senate Appropriations Committee:
http://appropriations.senate.gov/members/members.htm

Contacting Senators:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm