Call To Action!!!!! BROADCAST FLAG amendment to spending bill!!!!

Courtesy of Publicknowledge.org

Public Knowledge has discovered that the “powers-that-be” may attempt to sneak the broadcast flag onto a spending bill. That’s right, we’ve heard word that The Senate Committee on Appropriations (the committee that decides how your tax dollars are spent, or appropriated) will be considering the spending bill TOMORROW, and that broadcast flag may be hitching a ride as an amendment. Without any debate, the content protection scheme could be added to a bill that was originally meant to spend money—not protect content.


We need your help right now! If you live in one of the following states:

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


One of your Senators is on the Appropriations Committee, and they need to hear from you TODAY. Click here to find out your Senator’s phone number here, pick up the phone now, and ask your Senator to oppose any broadcast flag appropriations amendments. The following talking points should help:

http://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/bfapprops

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DeWine is on the appropriations committee, and all I can do to help is call and email.

I'm always optimistic about change, but am not above seeing reality. It is always worth a call and email though. We can try.

if my senators were true, functioning, rational human beings, I might consider making a call. But, as they say about trying to teach a pig to dance: "It wastes your time and annoys the pig."

:shrug:

I checked out the link, but couldn't figure out what this is about. thanks.