[ale] [OT] Georgia Super-DMCA Update

Tue Apr 22 17:17:41 EDT 2003

I'm gonna toss in my .02 -

If anyone know a professor at Tech in the COC that would be willing to
speak out against this dumb idea - they would be the best person. Second
best would be Mike Warfield at ISS who reverse engineers stuff for
breakfast. Numbers are good, but if your not in a committe member's
district they don't care about you. A Professor at Ga Tech or Sr. Fellow
at ISS will draw notice.

Chris

On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 16:03, Geoffrey wrote:
> Who's up to going to the public meeting tomorrow at 2:30?
> 
> F. Grant Robertson wrote:
> > I just called as well. Chris was really nice, he says he's "not
> > really for this either", in a very sceptical "don't take away my
> > kaZZa" tone <grin>. I would ask that anyone here that has 3 or 4 free
> > minutes give him a call and tell him that "House Bill 867 cannot be
> > allowed to pass". It litterally only takes a minute. The squeeky
> > wheel gets the grease and all that..
> > 
> > He also mentioned that the committee meeting is open tommorow, at
> > 2pm, in rm 230 of The Gold Dome. He said it would send a very strong
> > message if there were some grassroots opposition to the bill to
> > counter the MPAA. He did say that representatives of the MPAA _will_
> > be there.
> > 
> > I personaly don't think I can make it, but I really hope some of us
> > do.  We may beat this first battle, keeping it from passing both
> > floors before the session is out, however, we must stay mindful of
> > this. Had this been a session wihtout so much chaos, this could have
> > been on the floor by now.
> > 
> > I never thought I'd say this but, thank god they are preoccupied with
> > the flag. Now if they'd only bother to pass a budget.
> > 
> > -Grant
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- From: ale-admin at ale.org
> > [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Cade Thacker Sent: Tuesday,
> > April 22, 2003 3:40 PM To: ale at ale.org Subject: [ale] [OT] Georgia
> > Super-DMCA Update
> > 
> > 
> > NOTE: I am not a poly sci major, so if I have this screwed up please 
> > kindly correct me.
> > 
> > SUMMARY: We *should* be clear of this.... for now....
> > 
> > http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/sum/hb867.htm
> > 
> > eff.org also has some additional information.
> > 
> > Ok, I am sure some of you all would like to be in the know, so here
> > is what I have found out about this bill. It is called House Bill(HB)
> > 867. AFAIK, to become a law it must make the following steps:
> > 
> > 1) House First Reading 2) House Second Reading 3) Sub-Committee
> > Debate 4) Full Committee Debate 5) Rules Committe Debate 6) Full
> > House Floor Vote
> > 
> > 7) Repeat 1-6 in Senate
> > 
> > 8) Sign by Gov. Predue
> > 
> > Now the GA Legislation only meets for 40 days. Today is day 39. Day
> > 40 is either Thursday or Friday, and then everything is over until
> > next year.
> > 
> > HB 867 has passed steps 1 and 2. Step 3 will happen Wednesday.
> > 
> > The committee is the "Public Utilities Commitee" 
> > http://www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/gl_org_detail.pl?Com=gahpubu
> > 
> > The head of the sub-committe is Rep "Coach" Williams.  The head of
> > the full committee is David Lucas. The number for the committee
> > office is on the above web page. Click on each of the Rep's names for
> > their phone numbers.
> > 
> > I just called the Committee number (404 656 5115), and spoke with a 
> > gentleman named Chris, he said this thing will more than likely not
> > pass, nor is it likely that it will pass next year. He also asked how
> > I found out about the bill, so I told him about the eff. He said the
> > number of calls about the bill have picked up lately. very
> > interesting....
> > 
> > Hope this helps....
> > 
> > --cade
> > 
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> > 
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