[ale] [OT] Georgia Super-DMCA Update

Wed Apr 23 08:56:01 EDT 2003

I agree too much can be bad.  All I am trying to say is that there needs to
be an exmple that would put things into perspective.  I am sure that many of
the people on the committee really do not understand the consequences to the
general public.  And I think it would help to acknowledge the fact that
everyday devices could also be disabled.  LOL even though a fridge on the
net isn't exactly an everyday item... YET.  But society * I Think * likes
the idea of these kind of advances.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoffrey" <esoteric at 3times25.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] Georgia Super-DMCA Update

> I wouldn't throw too much stuff in there, you'll confuse them.  I'd
> suggest that simply telling them that this would require virtually all
> companies to open up their internal networks to the internet and would
> also eliminate all telecommuting/teleworking would get their attention.
>
> Robert Coggins wrote:
> > Sounds great!  I would even say something about the refrigerators and
> > other items in the future that will be using the internet.  These
> > would be illegal too.  I would put it in right after you explain the
> > items you already have.
> >
> > Just my 2 cents.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dylan Northrup" <docx at io.com> To:
> > <ale at ale.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 5:34 PM Subject: Re:
> > [ale] [OT] Georgia Super-DMCA Update
> >
> >
> >
> >> Mike Lockhart wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Directions?  Any ideas what kinda notes i should take to be
> >>> prepared for this? (i'm not the most politically aware person)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Directions should be nice.  If offered the opportunity to speak,
> >> here's what I'll try to say:
> >>
> >> "Thank you for allowing me to speak.  I will be as brief as I can
> >> expressing my views on the broad impact of this legislation.  I am
> >> a computer professional and use my broadband internet connection to
> >>  telecommute to my job.  My boss is located in Virginia, his boss
> >> is located in California and my company is based out of Texas.  Yet
> >> I choose to live, work, pay taxes and vote in Georgia because I
> >> enjoy the freedoms, culture and lifestyle that it affords.  In
> >> addition, by telecommuting as I do and not driving into an office,
> >> I do not contribute to the traffic congestion that is endemic to
> >> working in and around Atlanta.  As a computer professional, I have
> >> several machines at home that all can communicate with the
> >> Internet.  A desktop computer, a laptop, multiple servers and two
> >> game systems. I plan on purchasing more "internet aware" devices in
> >> the near future including a Tivo, another game system, a computer
> >> for my son and more test servers to help with my professional
> >> growth.  I currently do this all with a single internet connection
> >> using a device that mediates or proxies my outgoing connections.
> >> It is a convenience to have my computers all connected to the
> >> internet concurrently. I avoid having to disconnect one host and
> >> connect another, one of the benefits highly touted by phone and
> >> cable companies when they market their high speed internet
> >> services.  In addition, it is a security measure.  Because the
> >> computers on my network are hidden behind a firewall that conceals
> >> the origin of traffic from and the destination of return traffic to
> >> devices on my home network., no computer on the Internet can
> >> contact any machine on my home network unless I allow it.  This
> >> affords me protection from malicious hackers, viruses and those
> >> willing to exploit new vulnerabilities with software running on
> >> computers connected to my internal network.
> >>
> >> If this bill passes there are several provisions I will be in
> >> violation of.  My wireless access point is a retransmitting
> >> commucations device. My web browser decrypts online purchases and
> >> bank transactions without contacting my ISP for permission.  When I
> >> purchase a newer model of router and sell my old one on ebay I will
> >> be advertising for sale and transferring to another a
> >> communications device that conceals the origin and destination of
> >> traffic.  Because of the overly broad nature of the definitions of
> >> communications device, communication service and communication
> >> service provider I will be in violation of several aspects of this
> >> law even though I have not committed any other crime and do not
> >> intend to do so in the future.  I will be forced to either carry on
> >> in violation of the law and hope that judicial interpretation
> >> eventually curtails or overrules this overly broad legislative
> >> language; change the way I work and live thereby reducing my
> >> quality of life and introducing more stress into my already busy
> >> and overworked time; or relocate away from the state that I had
> >> hoped to make a home for myself and my family for years and decades
> >> to come.  I would hope the committee would consider the legislation
> >> before it and do everything in its power to prevent its passage.  I
> >> am one of thousands and tens of thousands high tech employees in
> >> this state that would be affected by this legislation and won't be
> >> the only one considering whether to take my family, my job and my
> >> taxes elsewhere.
> >>
> >> Thank you for your time."
> >>
> >>
> >> Doing a read through, this clocks in at just over two minutes.  I
> >> am trying to figure out how to squeeze in something about pervasive
> >>  consumer electronics devices in the future that will be internet
> >> aware, but can't figure out the right verbiage.  If I can't think
> >> of something, I'll just go with what I have here.
> >>
> >> -- Dylan Northrup <*> docx at io.com <*> http://www.io.com/~docx/
> >> "Easy to bitch, easy to whine, easy to moan, easy to cry, easy to
> >> feel like there ain't nothing in your life. Harder to work, harder
> >> to strive, hard to be glad to be alive, but it's really worth it if
> >> you give it a try."  -- Cowboy Mouth, 'Easy'
> >>
> >>
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