[ale] [OT] Georgia Super-DMCA Update

Tue Apr 22 15:57:31 EDT 2003

I just called as well. Chris was really nice, he says he's "not really for this either", in a very sceptical "don't take away my kaZZa" tone <grin>. I would ask that anyone here that has 3 or 4 free minutes give him a call and tell him that "House Bill 867 cannot be allowed to pass". It litterally only takes a minute. The squeeky wheel gets the grease and all that..

He also mentioned that the committee meeting is open tommorow, at 2pm, in rm 230 of The Gold Dome. He said it would send a very strong message if there were some grassroots opposition to the bill to counter the MPAA. He did say that representatives of the MPAA _will_ be there.  

I personaly don't think I can make it, but I really hope some of us do.  We may beat this first battle, keeping it from passing both floors before the session is out, however, we must stay mindful of this. Had this been a session wihtout so much chaos, this could have been on the floor by now.

I never thought I'd say this but, thank god they are preoccupied with the flag. Now if they'd only bother to pass a budget.

-Grant

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NOTE: I am not a poly sci major, so if I have this screwed up please
kindly correct me.

SUMMARY: We *should* be clear of this.... for now....

http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/sum/hb867.htm

eff.org also has some additional information.

Ok, I am sure some of you all would like to be in the know, so here is
what I have found out about this bill. It is called House Bill(HB) 867.
AFAIK, to become a law it must make the following steps:

1) House First Reading
2) House Second Reading
3) Sub-Committee Debate
4) Full Committee Debate
5) Rules Committe Debate
6) Full House Floor Vote

7) Repeat 1-6 in Senate

8) Sign by Gov. Predue

Now the GA Legislation only meets for 40 days. Today is day 39. Day 40 is
either Thursday or Friday, and then everything is over until next year.

HB 867 has passed steps 1 and 2. Step 3 will happen Wednesday.

The committee is the "Public Utilities Commitee"
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/gl_org_detail.pl?Com=gahpubu

The head of the sub-committe is Rep "Coach" Williams.  The head of the
full committee is David Lucas. The number for the committee office is on
the above web page. Click on each of the Rep's names for their phone
numbers.

I just called the Committee number (404 656 5115), and spoke with a
gentleman named Chris, he said this thing will more than likely not pass,
nor is it likely that it will pass next year. He also asked how I found
out about the bill, so I told him about the eff. He said the number of
calls about the bill have picked up lately. very interesting....

Hope this helps....

--cade

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