tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37344472011-06-28T16:54:37.551-07:00The California chapter of the ProSUA weblogKevin Marksnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734447.post-854100692002-09-03T14:34:00.000-07:002002-09-03T14:34:10.726-07:00<a href="http://inarguendo.blogspot.com/2002_08_25_inarguendo_archive.html#80892083">In Arguendo</a> <br /><i>Instapundit correctly points out that OUR Congressman, Howard Berman, (Full Disclosure: We voted for Congressman Berman) is backing a bad bill limiting the liability of copyright holders for protecting their work on peer-to-peer networks. Katherine Mangu-Ward has a great story in The Daily Standard that explains why the bill is bad law much better than we could.</i> <br /> <br />BlogTheVote2002USA CA 28<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3734447-85410069?l=prosua-ca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kevin Marksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734447.post-853966762002-08-30T02:39:00.000-07:002002-08-30T02:49:51.000-07:00Canned Spam from Honda: <br /><pre>From: "Congressman Mike Honda" <mike.honda@mail.house.gov> <br />Date: Thu Aug 29, 2002 4:05:21 AM US/Pacific <br />To: <kmarks@mac.com> <br />Subject: Re: What is your position on copyright legislation? (web-form) <br /> <br />Thank you for your e-mail. Your views are very important to me and I <br />appreciate you taking the time to share your concerns and opinions. <br /> <br />My office has received your e-mail and it is currently being processed <br />through our correspondence system. Rest assured that I will be made aware <br />of your opinions and concerns. If you have written us regarding a request <br />or a legislative inquiry, we will be responding shortly. <br /> <br />Again, thank you for contacting me. It is an honor serving you. <br /> <br />-Mike Honda <br />Member of Congress</pre> <br /> <br />General support from Landauer. I'll send him some more info about the bills: <br /><pre>From: Jeff Landauer <Jeff@Landauer2002.org> <br />Date: Thu Aug 29, 2002 12:36:22 PM US/Pacific <br />To: Kevin Marks <kmarks@mac.com> <br />Subject: Re: What is your position on copyright legislation? <br /><i>----- Original Message ----- <br />From: "Kevin Marks" <kmarks@mac.com> <br />To: <Jeff@Landauer2002.org> <br />Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 3:41 AM <br />Subject: What is your position on copyright legislation? <br /> <br />As a resident of district 15, I would like to know your position on <br />these issues: <br /> <br />Do you believe that vigilante attacks by the entertainment industry on <br />your computer should have the support of law? <br />Will you promise to vote against the Peer To Peer Piracy Prevention Act?</i> <br />I haven't looked at that act in particular, so I can't promise. I will say <br />that I oppose any government mandates on software or media, such as <br />requiring that media players look for special tags that verify that what's <br />being played has not been copied. <br /> <br /><i>Do you want to make all current computers models illegal, and insist <br />they are replace by copy-prevention machines?</i> <br />No. <br /> <br /><i>Will you promise to vote against the Consumer Broadband Digital <br />Television Promotion Act?</i> <br />Again, I'm not familiar with it. <br /> <br /><i>Do you trust computers to judge and enforce complex issues of copyright <br />law?</i> <br />Computers are tools, and have no judgment. <br /> <br /><i>Will you work with Rep. Boucher to repeal the parts of the Digital <br />Millenium Copyright Act that give computer code the force of law and <br />make disagreeing with it a criminal offence?</i> <br />I would help repeal the whole thing. <br /> <br />Jeff Landauer <br />Landauer2002.org</pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3734447-85396676?l=prosua-ca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kevin Marksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734447.post-853930692002-08-29T03:55:00.000-07:002002-08-29T03:55:08.060-07:00There are 3 candidates running in <a href="http://www.sen.ca.gov/ftp/SEN/cngplan/CD15.HTM">my district:</a> <br /><a href="http://www.house.gov/honda/" >Congressman Michael M. Honda</a> (Democrat) <br /><a href="http://www.landauer2002.org/" >Jeff Landauer</a> (Libertarian) <br /><a href="http://www.thekennedylegacy.com/polIndex.html" >Linda Rae Hermann</a> (Republican) <br />I've sent them all the <a href="http://prosua.blogspot.com/2002_08_01_prosua_archive.html#85389091">opening questions</a> and will publish any reponses. <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3734447-85393069?l=prosua-ca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kevin Marksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734447.post-3853904432002-08-28T10:08:00.000-07:002002-08-28T14:38:10.000-07:00If you want to join this weblog dedicated to making copyright an issue in the California elections, <a href="mailto:kmarks@mac.com">email me.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3734447-385390443?l=prosua-ca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kevin Marksnoreply@blogger.com