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Re: [dvd-discuss] Comments to the Senate Judiciary Committee
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Comments to the Senate Judiciary Committee
- From: Steve Stearns <sterno(at)bigbrother.net>
- Date: 21 Mar 2002 23:34:31 -0600
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On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 00:36, Peter D. Junger wrote:
> The good news, however, is that when I resubmitted my message to
> the web site I was shown all the comments that have been received
> by the Committee so far---there are quite a few of them---AND
> NOT A SINGLE COMMENT SUPPORTS MANDATORY DRM TECHNOLOGIES.
I guess the big question here is whether the web postings of many
citizens has more impact than the words and money of a lobbyist from
Hollywood. Fortunately that may be offset by the electronics industry
lobbyists.
> It may be worthwhile to encourage others to send their comments
> to the Committee. Overwhelming opposition by the public---that
> is publically available---may be hard for politicians to ignore.
It certainly doesn't hurt :).
---Steve