Email from California Senator Feinstein....

[MrScott81]

June 24, 2005


Mr. Scott Kaforey
[address removed]

Dear Mr. Kaforey:

Thank you for writing to me about the digital broadcast
flag. I appreciate hearing from you.

I feel strongly that we must prevent the theft of copyrighted
works, and that includes digital television (DTV) programming.
As we move forward in the digital age, it is increasingly easy for
unauthorized copies of copyrighted works to be made and illegally
distributed. Over-the-air digital content is the easiest to pirate.

As we contemplate the use of new technologies to protect
copyrighted works, we must pay careful attention to ensure that a
balance is struck between competitive protections and individual
consumer interests. It is important to allow for the continued fair
use of copyrighted material, even while we seek to stop
unauthorized reproductions from being illegally distributed outside
the home and over the Internet.

Again, thank you for writing. Please know that as the
Senate considers legislation of the broadcast flag, I will be sure to
keep your views in mind. If you should have any questions, please
feel free to contact my Washington, DC staff at (202) 224-3841.





Sincerely yours,

Dianne Feinstein
United States Senator

http://feinstein.senate.gov

Further information about my position on issues of concern to California and the Nation are available at my website
http://feinstein.senate.gov. You can also receive electronic e-mail updates by subscribing to my e-mail list at
http://feinstein.senate.gov/issue.html.

 

[777php]

no but I got one from Barbara Lee...

 

[mwmorph]

canned response. i got almost identical messagefrom my representative a month or two ago.

 

[nakedfrog]

Nice.
"You, my constituent, don't support the broadcast flag, but you're not giving me any money so I don't really care about what you think."

 

[jadinolf]

Oh, email number 2341-344b

 

[notfred]

Wow, they don't even have seperate canned responses for pro and anti-broadcast flag emails.

 

[shud]

What's the point? You can use a VCR to make tapes. Just because you put them on the internet makes it different?

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Nice.
"You, my constituent, don't support the broadcast flag, but you're not giving me any money so I don't really care about what you think."

Pretty much, and you have to remember this is Dianne Feinstein who is one of the most evil and dangerous politicians around. She is like the Ted Kennedy of the West Coast.

 

[cjgallen]

Originally posted by: notfred
Wow, they don't even have seperate canned responses for pro and anti-broadcast flag emails.

hehe, that's what I was thinking.

 

[The Stigenator]

yeah i got one, but here is the thing, i believe she is goign to vote for it.
By the response for it, i believe she is in support of it.. blah!

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Nice.
"You, my constituent, don't support the broadcast flag, but you're not giving me any money so I don't really care about what you think."

Pretty much, and you have to remember this is Dianne Feinstein who is one of the most evil and dangerous politicians around. She is like the Ted Kennedy of the West Coast.

I consider her worse than Teddy. She is one crazy b....

 

[Miramonti]

I think its a mistunderstanding. She's a former mayor of san francisco, and probably didn't realize she was supporting a broadcast flag.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
yeah i got one, but here is the thing, i believe she is goign to vote for it.
By the response for it, i believe she is in support of it.. blah!

Of course she's going to vote for it - she's Hollywood's own personal senator.

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
yeah i got one, but here is the thing, i believe she is goign to vote for it.
By the response for it, i believe she is in support of it.. blah!

Of course she's going to vote for it - she's Hollywood's own personal senator.

ding ding ding...winnar!

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Nice.
"You, my constituent, don't support the broadcast flag, but you're not giving me any money so I don't really care about what you think."

Pretty much, and you have to remember this is Dianne Feinstein who is one of the most evil and dangerous politicians around. She is like the Ted Kennedy of the West Coast.

OMG Barbara Boxer is WAAAAY worse than fienstein.

 

[bigj3347]

both boxer and feinstein are pretty heinous . . .

 

[40Hands]

fvck the broadcast flag.

 

[GrantMeThePower]

Originally posted by: BroeBo
fvck the broadcast flag.

yup. couldn't say it much better.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: shud
What's the point? You can use a VCR to make tapes. Just because you put them on the internet makes it different?

uh, yeah?

 

[marvdmartian]

Yeah, nothing like getting a canned letter from the Darth Vader of the US Senate!! :laugh:

One of the best reasons I can think of to move out of California, tho there are plenty. It's really sad that she keeps getting re-elected, and I wouldn't shed a tear if she fell off the edge of the planet and was never seen again. Shoot, I was stationed in the SF Bay area back when she was a local politician there, and knew then what a PITA she was going to be.

Just glad I don't live on the left coast anymore.