Jason Levine
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| Fax Tubes
The whole fax infrastructure of Capitol Hill was jammed for two days. You see, a fax machine isn't a truck that you can dump stuff on. It's.... It's a series of tubes! 
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ArchAngel21x
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Lincoln, NE | And Capital Hill isn't a group you can just dump common sense on. It's....it's a series of boobs. |
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lemkepf
join:2003-06-12
Elkhorn, WI | Haha. So true! |
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ender7074
join:2006-11-21
Saint Louis, MO | Way to go Congress
OMG they DO listen once in a while! This must be their one time a year to represent the people instead of just themselves. |
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Shamayim
I already have a Messiah.
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join:2002-09-23 | reply to ArchAngel21x
Re: Fax Tubes
Good one you two! |
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deadi
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Perry, OH | a good response
With any luck, congress will be more responsive to the people's wishes over lobbyists.
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lkviewguy
join:2004-02-13
Chicago, IL | reply to ArchAngel21x
Re: Fax Tubes
dude that was FUNNY!! |
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TKJunkMail
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|  Status of House and Senate Bills
House bill H.R.2060 has a lot of support and has 63 co-sponsors as this post is written:
»thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z···060:@@@P
But it is still sitting in 2 separate committees awaiting action and is low on the priority of bills awaiting action before the summer recess.
Senate bill S.1353 has only 1 co-sponsor. It has been referred to Committee on the Judiciary. »thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.1353:
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TKJunkMail
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Re: Fax Tubes
said by Jason Levine  :The whole fax infrastructure of Capitol Hill was jammed for two days. The linked story talks about using email instead of faxes to communicate with Congress. Well, what are you waiting for? Get to them faxes!! You may even try one of these newfangled systems for communicating with congresspersons—I'm told this "E" mail works pretty good. But that is wrong. When lobbying Congress, the emails are not read. A system looks for keywords and the Congresscritters are presented with a stat that says so many emails wrote about "internet radio" and so many about another subject, etc. Faxes are actually read by some assistant and then a summary is presented to the Congresscritter. Faxes have more impact and visibility than does email. Phone calls to the local or Washington office have even higher visibility.
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kaila
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Re: Status of House and Senate Bills
It takes a lot of inertia to get a bill like this moving, but I'm hopeful. The back payment delay gives it a little time, but it would really help if musicians join in the email/fax brigade to blunt the RIAA's stance that internet radio does nothing for artists. |
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AnnaS8
join:2005-05-26
Annapolis, MD | Yeah like the RIAA cares what the artists think or want. lol
I have emailed and snail mailed my reps. I also plan to send them some reminder correspondence to try to distract them from remembering they are a boob. |
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| woot!
Glad I contributed! My three snail-mail letters, as well as every other letter/e-mail/fax/phone call, contributed!
w00t!
The fight isn't over yet though, but we are making headway!
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Blackened
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join:2003-09-29 | reply to deadi
Re: a good response
Hear, hear.
Hopefully internet radio will be saved.  |
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Subaru
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join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT
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I did my part too I pretty much listened to it 24/7 matter of fact it's running now! |
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marigolds
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Saint Louis, MO | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Fax Tubes
Better yet, there is still enough time to actually write and send a letter (write your own though for more impact).
I highly recommend phone calls too. Phone calls let them understand the person behind the passionate interest. |
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major marco
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| Don't Get Used to It
Given that this is the second time in five years the diaRIAA has reared its fugly feces-ridden head and attempted to not only stick its hand in the pocket of Internet radio, but hijack the entire bank account in one fell swoop and otherwise crush the industry, I strongly suspect this will become standard operating procedure. So all involved on the behalf of streaming audio shouldn't pat its collective self on the back too vigorously.
Apparently, one of the more intelligent, overgrown cum shots at the diaRIAA realized that revenue generation by lawsuit can only go so far and that eventually, a new way to suck the blood of puppies and kittens must be deployed. Strangling internet radio by taking 300% of its revenue was a beautiful way to supplement the litigation revenue.
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bigjimc
join:2003-04-21
Middleboro, MA | reply to ender7074
Re: Way to go Congress
They got a whitehouse to win.... |
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TACSPEED
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Tacoma, WA | Did my part too
Mailed three snail mail letters. I hope it helps. |
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PolarBear
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It is sad that with all the modern forms of communication we have, the best way to convey a message to congress is a method hundreds of years old.
Sidenote: If CON is the opposite of PRO, isn't CONGRESS the opposite of PROGRESS?
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richardpor
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join:2003-04-19
Portland, OR | They should be treated the same.
Government subsidy, by the way of lower rate and different rate structure for internet broadcasters started this whole mess in the first place. Both over the air and internet broadcasters should be paying the same rate per song. |
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