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IN ONE OF THESE STATES![/font][/div][h3]Call now to stop the Broadcast Flags[/h3] The RIAA and MPAA have been [a href="vny!://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=223"]jostling to get the broadcast flag *and* the audio flag[/a] into the monster telecoms reform bill. They got it into the official Republican version, which is being considered in committee tomorrow (Thursday). But Senator Sununu (R-NH), who [a href="vny!://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004343.php"]peppered the MPAA and RIAA with tough questions when they spoke to the committee[/a], has filed an amendment to get the flags thrown out. [/p] We think Sununu is in with a chance - Democrats are angry at the anti-consumer tone of the final bill (which also lacks strong network neutrality provisions), and Republicans are chafing at entertainment industry's yearn to over-regulate. [/p] These are the bills that [a href="vny!://www.eff.org/corrupt/"]the Corruptibles cartoon describe[/a] - not futuristic theories about what Hollywood could do, but actual laws being considered right now. [/p] If you're in the States below, call your Senator NOW, and ask him or her to support the Sununu amendment to remove both TV and audio flags (he also has an amendment to modify the audio flag, so be clear you want to kick out both flags). If your Senator is a Republican, warn them about giving the FCC extra powers. If your Senator is a Democrat, explain how bad this is for consumer rights. Either way, tell them that entertainment industry requests have no place in a telecoms reform bill, and they need to be kept out. [span style="font-family: monospace;"]
[/span][/p][font style="font-family: Courier New; font-weight: bold;" size="3"]Chairman Ted Stevens (AK), (202) 224-3004
John McCain (AZ), (202) 224-2235
Conrad Burns (MT), Main: 202-224-2644
Trent Lott (MS), (202) 224-6253
Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX), (202) 224-5922
Gordon H. Smith (OR), (202) 224 3753
John Ensign (NV), (202) 224-6244
George Allen (VA), (202) 224-4024
John E. Sununu (NH), (202) 224-2841
Jim DeMint (SC), (202) 224-6121
David Vitter (LA),(202) 224-4623
Co-Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (HI), (202) 224-3934
John D. Rockefeller (WV), (202) 224-6472
John F. Kerry (MA), (202) 224-2742
Barbara Boxer (CA), (202) 224-3553
Bill Nelson (FL), (202) 224-5274
Maria Cantwell (WA), (202) 224-3441
Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ), (202) 224-3224
E. Benjamin Nelson (NE), (202) 224-6551
Mark Pryor (AR), (202) 224-2353 [/font]
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