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"Build Your TV!"
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 09:51:37 -0500
Mar. 2, 2005, San Francisco Bay Guardian "Build Your TV!" By Annalee Newitz 'ALL I WANT is to make a high-definition copy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, save it on a DVD, and loan it to my friend," says Sarah Brydon, looking up from a long table covered with half-built computers. These sound like the words of a science fiction nerd, not a revolutionary. But Brydon is a new breed of protester and she's expressing her discontent with the U.S. government by building a television. She's one of a dozen consumer activists who have gathered on a Saturday morning in late January for a high-definition television "Build-In" at the Mission District office of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (where I work). Part computer hardware nerdfest, part hell-raising political action, the Build-In is a high-tech protest of a new Federal Communications Commission regulation called the "Broadcast Flag" . . . Link: http://www.sfbg.com/39/22/cover_fcc.html ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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