[ale] [OT] Georgia Super-DMCA Update

Wed Apr 23 08:06:51 EDT 2003

A good plea would be to hit the non-techies also.

Mention how real life for non-techies would also be affected.  Most
people don't realistally see their Fridge connected to the net.  Hit
them with things such as being unable to have a private conversation
with loved ones about personal family matters, etc.

Thus spake Robert Coggins (ale at cogginsnet.com):

> Sounds great!  I would even say something about the refrigerators and other
> items in the future that will be using the internet.  These would be illegal
> too.  I would put it in right after you explain the items you already have.
> 
> Just my 2 cents.
> 
> Rob
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dylan Northrup" <docx at io.com>
> To: <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 5:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] Georgia Super-DMCA Update
> 
> 
> > Mike Lockhart wrote:
> >
> > >Directions?  Any ideas what kinda notes i should take to be prepared for
> > >this? (i'm not the most politically aware person)
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Directions should be nice.  If offered the opportunity to speak, here's
> > what I'll try to say:
> >
> > "Thank you for allowing me to speak.  I will be as brief as I can
> > expressing my views on the broad impact of this legislation.  I am a
> > computer professional and use my broadband internet connection to
> > telecommute to my job.  My boss is located in Virginia, his boss is
> > located in California and my company is based out of Texas.  Yet I
> > choose to live, work, pay taxes and vote in Georgia because I enjoy the
> > freedoms, culture and lifestyle that it affords.  In addition, by
> > telecommuting as I do and not driving into an office, I do not
> > contribute to the traffic congestion that is endemic to working in and
> > around Atlanta.  As a computer professional, I have several machines at
> > home that all can communicate with the Internet.  A desktop computer, a
> > laptop, multiple servers and two game systems. I plan on purchasing more
> > "internet aware" devices in the near future including a Tivo, another
> > game system, a computer for my son and more test servers to help with my
> > professional growth.  I currently do this all with a single internet
> > connection using a device that mediates or proxies my outgoing
> > connections.  It is a convenience to have my computers all connected to
> > the internet concurrently. I avoid having to disconnect one host and
> > connect another, one of the benefits highly touted by phone and cable
> > companies when they market their high speed internet services.  In
> > addition, it is a security measure.  Because the computers on my network
> > are hidden behind a firewall that conceals the origin of traffic from
> > and the destination of return traffic to devices on my home network., no
> > computer on the Internet can contact any machine on my home network
> > unless I allow it.  This affords me protection from malicious hackers,
> > viruses and those willing to exploit new vulnerabilities with software
> > running on computers connected to my internal network.
> >
> > If this bill passes there are several provisions I will be in violation
> > of.  My wireless access point is a retransmitting commucations device.
> > My web browser decrypts online purchases and bank transactions without
> > contacting my ISP for permission.  When I purchase a newer model of
> > router and sell my old one on ebay I will be advertising for sale and
> > transferring to another a communications device that conceals the origin
> > and destination of traffic.  Because of the overly broad nature of the
> > definitions of communications device, communication service and
> > communication service provider I will be in violation of several aspects
> > of this law even though I have not committed any other crime and do not
> > intend to do so in the future.  I will be forced to either carry on in
> > violation of the law and hope that judicial interpretation eventually
> > curtails or overrules this overly broad legislative language; change the
> > way I work and live thereby reducing my quality of life and introducing
> > more stress into my already busy and overworked time; or relocate away
> > from the state that I had hoped to make a home for myself and my family
> > for years and decades to come.  I would hope the committee would
> > consider the legislation before it and do everything in its power to
> > prevent its passage.  I am one of thousands and tens of thousands high
> > tech employees in this state that would be affected by this legislation
> > and won't be the only one considering whether to take my family, my job
> > and my taxes elsewhere.
> >
> > Thank you for your time."
> >
> >
> > Doing a read through, this clocks in at just over two minutes.  I am
> > trying to figure out how to squeeze in something about pervasive
> > consumer electronics devices in the future that will be internet aware,
> > but can't figure out the right verbiage.  If I can't think of something,
> > I'll just go with what I have here.
> >
> > --
> > Dylan Northrup <*> docx at io.com <*> http://www.io.com/~docx/
> > "Easy to bitch, easy to whine, easy to moan, easy to cry, easy to feel
> >  like there ain't nothing in your life. Harder to work, harder to
> >  strive, hard to be glad to be alive, but it's really worth it if you
> >  give it a try."  -- Cowboy Mouth, 'Easy'
> >
> >
> >
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