Stop the Pigopolists

The lame duck US Senate may soon vote on HR2391 to the detriment of consumers everywhere.
Big money interests, mostly the RIAA and the MPAA are trying to restrict your fair use rights to watch or hear content you have paid for. The law intends to have all playback devices rigged to prevent misuse, even trying to skip over trailers and ads included with movies.

The bill would also permit people to use technology to skip objectionable content -- like a gory or sexually explicit scene -- in films, a right that consumers already have. However, under the proposed language, viewers would not be allowed to use software or devices to skip commericals or promotional announcements "that would otherwise be performed or displayed before, during or after the performance of the motion picture," like the previews on a DVD.

And of course these jerks are already trying their best to get the consumers to hate them even more.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/17/court_mpaa_suits/

or this little dandy
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/17/mpaa_family_values/


Unbelieveable!
Don't wait. Make your voice heard. Send a letter to your Senator now!
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/

Tell them you want your rights protected, not the fatcat corporate entertainment pigopolists.