[ale] [OT] Georgia Super-DMCA Update

[Geoffrey]

Who's up to going to the public meeting tomorrow at 2:30?

F. Grant Robertson wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: ale-admin at ale.org
> [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Cade Thacker Sent: Tuesday,
> April 22, 2003 3:40 PM To: ale at ale.org Subject: [ale] [OT] Georgia
> Super-DMCA Update
> 
> 
> 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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