Biden, Feinstein SELL OUT: Podcast, Satellite Lock-Up For Biz

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Monday January 15, 2007 · 8:55 AM PST

2007/01/15 · 08:55

Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, and two GOP senators are sponsoring a bill called the PERFORM Act that would require podcasts with music and satellite radio to be locked-up with music industry-approved anti-recording software, according to a Cnet report and a statement from Sen. Feinstein's office.

All audio services--Webcasters included--would be obligated to implement "reasonably available and economically reasonable" copy-protection technology aimed at preventing "music theft" and restricting automatic recording.

That means you won't be able to load podcasts onto your iPod or record songs off satellite radio. Instead, Sen. Biden and Feinstein are selling-out to the music industry and letting them lock-up Internet and satellite broadcasting. If you need further evidence that these so-called Democrats are selling-out to big business, check out the quote from the RIAA praising Biden and Feinstein's efforts:

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Sunday September 24, 2006 · 5:27 PM PDT

2006/09/24 · 17:27

George Allen's college football teammates told Salon that they observed him regularly engaging in racist behavior. He used the 'n-word' to refer to his black teammates, said that he liked Virginia because "blacks knew their place," and gave a KKK-inspired nickname of "Wizard" to another teammate. He also stuffed a deer head in a black family's mailbox--a hate crime.

This should end Allen's bid for Senate and his presidential aspirations.

A second white teammate, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he feared retribution from the Allen campaign, separately claimed that Allen used the word "nigger" to describe blacks. "It was so common with George when he was among his white friends. This is the terminology he used," the teammate said.

George Felix Allen, Jr.: Thrown out of California because he was too racist. He's too racist for Virginia, too. Let's throw him out of the US Senate! Read More

ACTION ALERT: Tell ATT, Verizon, Cingular, SBC NO NSA SPYING!

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Thursday May 11, 2006 · 6:10 AM PDT

2006/05/11 · 06:10

We've all read about AT&T, BellSouth, SBC, Verizon, Cingular (owned by AT&T and BellSouth) and MCI (owned by Verizon) selling our private phone records to the NSA to spy on law abiding Americans. Let's show them how upset we are. It's easy--and free.

TODAY--CALL YOUR PHONE COMPANY if they're involved. Speak to customer service. Tell the representative that you read in USA Today that your call information -- the records of who you are calling and who is calling you -- is being sold to the NSA by your phone company and they must stop. Remind the representative that it's against the law, and against the terms of your agreement with them. Notify the representative that such unAmerican behavior will cause you to cancel your service IMMEDIATELY.

Contact numbers are below the fold... and recommend this diary if you want to help others get in touch with these companies

It's easy to call -- 611 from cell phones, 0 from regular landline phones -- but the specifics are below. Read More

Conyers Giveway to Music/Movie Industry Stops Fair Use, Harms Consumers

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Monday December 19, 2005 · 8:23 AM PST

2005/12/19 · 08:23

Do you like to record or TiVo the Daily Show? If Conyers' bill is passed, you won't be able to. On Friday, Democratic Congressman John Conyers and Republican Jim Sensenbrenner introduced a bill that makes our TiVos, our PCs, VCRs, CD recorders and iPods as we know them illegal. The Digital Transition Content Security Act is a gift to the music and movie industries, requiring electronics manufacturers to put a "big brother"-style chip in their products that prevents us from making the legal and fair personal copies of TV shows, music, and movies we make today.

This bill would also stifles innovation--the requirements proposed by him and Sensenbrenner remove the incentive to make the next iPod or TiVo. The US, under this legislation, would have the most restrictive technology controls in the world, forcing Americans to head elsewhere, such as Canada, Europe, or Asia if they want to be innovative.

Contact Conyers now! Tell him you are disappointed that he is giving a handout to the massive music and movie industries. Details of how you lose your rights after the jump.

[Added 7:32EST]: Conyers responds Read More

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Biden, Feinstein SELL OUT: Podcast, Satellite Lock-Up For Biz

Allen Teammates: He's racist, wants blacks in "their place"

ACTION ALERT: Tell ATT, Verizon, Cingular, SBC NO NSA SPYING!

Conyers Giveway to Music/Movie Industry Stops Fair Use, Harms Consumers