Re: Call to Action re HR3746 from EDUCAUSE

[David Farber <dfarber () cs cmu edu>]

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From: "RJR RJRiley.com" <RJR () RJRILEY com>
Date: October 6, 2007 1:45:23 PM EDT
To: <dave () farber net>
Subject: RE: [IP] Call to Action re HR3746 from EDUCAUSE

Dave, for IP if you wish.

While there are honest hard working legislators most certainly a fair  
number
are the best that money can buy.

This bill is big money talking, and I have over a decade of experience
fighting similarly special interest funded legislation which is  
passed off
as patent reform.

Contacting the sponsors of the bill will be a futile exercise.  What  
people
need to be doing is contacting legislators who are not proponents of the
bill.

Furthermore, by far the best tactic is to develop grass root opposition.
That is the way to let the bill's proponents know of your  
displeasure.  I
would suggest  that effigy burning demonstrations in front of the  
district
offices of legislators is the best way to deal with any legislator  
who has
been bought by a special interest.

Ronald J. Riley,
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Washington, DC
Direct (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 9 pm EST.



-----Original Message-----
From: David Farber [mailto:dfarber () cs cmu edu]
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 10:19 AM
To: ip () v2 listbox com
Subject: [IP] Call to Action re HR3746 from EDUCAUSE



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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: October 6, 2007 2:48:26 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Call to Action re HR3746 from EDUCAUSE

CALL TO ACTION:
Please contact your representatives to the U.S. House of Representatives
immediately about HR3746.

Members of the House Committee on Education and Labor have just  
introduced
legislation to control illegal file sharing in higher education that  
uses
essentially the same language as the recent Reid amendment in the  
Senate.
This bill, called the College Access and Opportunity Act of 2007,  
includes
language that:

* Makes the Secretary of Education an agent of the entertainment  
industry.

* Gives schools no right to contest or appeal industry provided-  
statistics
on copyright violations that can result in severe penalties.

* Requires use of unproven and very expensive technological controls.

* Could result in the loss of financial aid to all students of  
schools that
do not comply.

* Singles out institutions of higher education and ignores commercial  
ISPs.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:
1. Coordinate your response to this challenge with your institutional
executives and federal relations officers.

2. Call the main sponsors of the bill to express your strong  
opposition to
this proposal:

    Representative Buck McKeon, ph: (202) 225-1956, fax: (202) 226-0683
    Representative Ric Keller, ph: (202) 225-2176, fax: (202) 225-0999

(Please note: email may be rejected if you are not a constituent.)

Ask for the staff member in charge of higher education and leave a voice
mail if necessary. Call back later to speak with a staff member.

3. Call and/or e-mail your institution's Congressional representative  
and
deliver the same strong message. (Find your representative's contact
information at <www.house.gov>)

4. Call additional sponsors of the bill and deliver the same strong  
message.
(Rep. Rob Bishop, Utah's 1st; Rep. Charles W. Boustany, Jr., Louisiana's
7th; Rep. David Davis, Tennessee's 1st; Rep. Luis Fortuno, Puerto  
Rico; Rep.
John Kline, Minnesota's 2nd; Rep. Mark E.
Souder, Indiana's 3rd; and Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina's 2nd).

For copies of the relevant legislative language, talking points, and
template responses for your use, please see <http://www.educause.edu/
p2pfs>.

Thank you for your help!

Mark Luker
Vice President
EDUCAUSE

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