Re: [Cdn-DMCA] Political contributions

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: No DMCA in Canada <canada-dmca-opponents (at) flora.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 07:55:36 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Kristofer Coward wrote:

> Any interest in scanning Hansard? Any interest in putting together a
> page where we can "keep score" for given politicians? Anyone interested
> in encouraging others to make contributions based on our assessments?


  I don't know if contributions will make the difference, but publicity 
and votes will.


  What I suggest is this:  I have a database that I set up for a political 
party during an election which allows one to type in a postal code and 
find ones MP.

  What I would like to do is 'prime' this database with answers from a 
questionaire that we send out.  It would ask for answers on key questions 
we have, and include links back to a site for more information (IE: We 
need to ensure that the politicians understand the difference between "TPM 
as a choice" and "legal protection for TPM").

  The questionaire can be educational as well.  We can ask them about the
right to compatability in the European Union Council Directive 91/250/EEC
of 14 May 1991 on the legal protection of computer programs.  To answer, 
they will be forced to read it and recognize that other regions took a 
very different approach than the USSA.

  I will sign up to set up the database, and can 'help' on the 
questionaire, but can't spend much more time on this campaign than I am 
already.


  Would having this under http://www.digital-copyright.ca/ be appropriate?  
I believe it would be a good place to start, even if we'll be talking
about non-digital and non-copyright things.


---
 Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
 See http://weblog.flora.ca/ for announcements, activities, and opinions
 Read the speech on copyright made in 1841 by Thomas Babbington Macaulay -
 a must-read for creators -even predicted the consumer reaction to Napster

--
For (un)subscription information, posting guidelines and
links to other related sites please see http://www.flora.org/dmca/