Fw: Tug of War Over the Internet

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" Magginkat " <magginkat

Tue, 9 May 2006 16:07:34 -0500

[GranniesAgainstGeorge] Fw: Tug of War Over the Internet

 

 

So far, more than 117,000 Common Cause activists have done their part

to oppose the telecom industry's efforts to privatize the Internet and

ignore the public interest.

 

We need to reach out beyond the Common Cause community if we want to

win the tug of war with an industry that has spent over half a billion

dollars lobbying Congress.1

 

We want to buy web ads on heavily trafficked websites like MySpace and

washingtonpost.com. We need your financial support to amplify our

campaign.

 

http://www.commoncause.org/WinTheTugOfWar

 

We know the big telecom companies are feeling the heat. A vote in the

House Commerce Committee on the COPE Act (H.R. 5252)2 was better than

we expected, with a number of Representatives switching from their

earlier positions - in no small part because of hearing from people

like you.

 

The full House will vote on the COPE Act this month, so we need to

ramp up our efforts now. Your financial support at this time could

make a big difference!

 

http://www.commoncause.org/WinTheTugOfWar

 

There is still time to counter the huge telecom lobby apparatus with

their slick TV ads and big footprint in the halls of Congress, but we

need millions of people pulling on our side.

 

As always, thank you for all you do for Common Cause.

 

Sincerely,

 

Lauren Coletta, Celia Wexler and Dawn Holian

The Common Cause Media Reform Team

 

P.S. If the telecom companies like Verizon and AT & T get their way,

the Internet will change from a medium that helps people talk to one

another, engage in their democracy more directly and become informed

about issues, into a vehicle that only operates efficiently for big

companies that want to sell goods and transmit television programs,

films and games. Help us impact the debate at this critical moment:

http://www.commoncause.org/WinTheTugOfWar.

 

 

1: Common Cause fact sheet

 

2: A full analysis of the COPE Act is available at

www.commoncause.org/COPE.

 

 

 

 

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