From russell at flora.ca Tue Oct 16 11:59:59 2007 From: russell at flora.ca (Russell McOrmond) Date: Tue Oct 16 11:59:44 2007 Subject: [volunteers] Re: trip report on onlinux.ca In-Reply-To: <10174.1192317828@marajade.sandelman.ca> References: <10174.1192317828@marajade.sandelman.ca> Message-ID: <4714DFFF.2080908@flora.ca> Michael Richardson wrote: > I indicated in the town-hall, that I am particularly interested in > having CLUE develop a corporate membership as a kind of antidote to CATA > and BSA propaganda. We had a bit of a coalition with that letter signed > by Bob Young re: DRM some years ago. For anyone who wasn't aware, information about these groups can be found at: Digital Security Coalition http://www.digitalsecurity.ca/ The Canadian Software Innovation Alliance (CSIA) http://softwareinnovation.ca/ AKA http://www.cluecan.ca/csia/ If we are to see a new Copyright bill tabled by the Conservatives, we need to ensure that these groups are active and able to present the message. -- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition! http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/ "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or portable media player from my cold dead hands!"