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MPAA ATTEMPTS TO BYPASS CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
BROADCAST FLAG MAY BE SNEAKED IN THIS WEEK​

Rumor has it that this Tuesday, June 21st, in a sub-committee on Commerce,
Science, and Justice, a single senator will propose an amendment, hidden
among many others, to re-animate the MPAA's broadcast flag and burn it into
law.

On Thursday, the full Senate Appropriations Committee will vote on that
amendment. If they nod it through, the Broadcast Flag will be law.

It's the lobbyist's oldest, and most desperate, trick. If you can't win in
the market, snag a regulator. If you can't snag a regulator, get a law
passed. And if you can't get a law, sneak an amendment into one of
Congress's giant Appropriations Bills.

If you've received this mail from us, your senator is one of the few with
the power to put a stop to the flag.

ACT NOW TO STOP THE FLAG

Your senator is on the relevant sub-committee or the full Senate committee.
You have less than 24 hours to warn him or her of Tuesday's manoeuvre. You
have only 48 hours to warn the full committee.

Letters are too slow. The press will be too slow. Only you, as a constituent
of a senator on the committee, can reach them in time, by personal phone
call or by fax.

IF YOU HAVE THIRTY SECONDS

Click here to use our action center: read, add your own comments, and then
send a message directly to your senator via fax and email.

<URL:http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=145>

IF YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND A PHONE

Here are the list of senator contact details. Pick the one that matches your
state, and leave a personal message warning of what's planned in the
Appropriations committee.

Please be cool, collected and polite. There's a sample script after the
phone list.

SUB-COMMITTEE AND FULL COMMITTEE MEMBERS

ALABAMA Senator Richard Shelby (202) 224-5744 ALASKA Senator Ted Stevens
(202) 224-3004 HAWAII Senator Daniel Inouye (202) 224-3934 IOWA Senator Tom
Harkin (202) 224-3254 KANSAS Senator Sam Brownback (202) 224-6521 KENTUCKY
Senator Mitch McConnell (202) 224-2541 MARYLAND Senator Barbara Mikulski
(202) 224-4654 MISSOURI Senator Christopher Bond (202) 224-5721 NEW
HAMPSHIRE Senator Judd Gregg (202) 224-3324 NEW MEXICO Senator Pete Domenici
(202) 224-6621 NORTH DAKOTA Senator Byron Dorgan (202) 224-2551 TEXAS
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (202) 224-5922 VERMONT Senator Patrick Leahy
(202) 224-4242 WASHINGTON Senator Patty Murray (202) 224-2621 WISCONSIN
Senator Herb Kohl (202) 224-5653

FULL COMMITTEE MEMBERS

MISSISSIPPI Thad Cochran (202) 224-5054
PENNSYLVANIA Arlen Specter (202) 224-4254 MONTANA Conrad Burns (202)
224-2644 UTAH Robert F. Bennett (202) 224-5444 IDAHO Larry Craig (202)
224-2752 OHIO Mike DeWine (202) 224-2315 COLORADO Wayne Allard (202)
224-5941 WEST VIRGINIA Robert C. Byrd (202) 224-3954 NEVADA Harry Reid (202)
224-3542 CALIFORNIA Dianne Feinstein (202) 224-3841 ILLINOIS Richard J.
Durbin (202) 224-2152 SOUTH DAKOTA Tim Johnson (202) 224-5842 LOUISIANA Mary
L. Landrieu (202) 224-5824

A TYPICAL CALL

"Hello, Senator _________'s office"

"Hi, I'm a constituent. I'm registering my opposition to the broadcast flag
amendment being introduced in the Senate Commerce Justice and Science
Appropriations subcommittee mark-up on Tuesday, and in full committee on
Thursday."

(*** You can give your own reasons for opposing the flag here. Here's a
sample: ***)

"The Broadcast Flag cripples any device capable of receiving over-the-air
digital broadcasts. It give Hollywood movie studios a permanent veto over
how members of the American public use our televisions. It forces American
innovators to beg the FCC for permission before adding new features to TV.
"

"This is an important issue which will affect all Americans, and should not
be inserted at the last moment, with almost no debate."

"Please oppose the broadcast flag amendment. My name and address are
___________________."

"Thank you for your time."

And thank you for reading this,

The activists at the EFF.


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