Monday Session with Bishop

STOP ACTA & TPP

Stop ACTA & TPP! - Never use trade agreements to mess with the Internet!

They tried to push internet censorship through Congress and we stopped them with our STOP SOPA/PIPA protests. But the companies behind SOPA & PIPA have a backup plan: secretive trade agreements like ACTA & TPP. If we can't stop these backroom deals, the internet's future belongs to SOPA's backers. DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO SPREAD THE WORD, CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, YELL FROM THE STREET CORNERS, ALL OF IT! You can start by using the form below to send a message. Get more detail from KILLACTA.org

I urge you to vote no on ACTA and to communicate its severe problems to your colleagues. ACTA's vague language locks us into obsolete copyright and patent laws, preventing democracies from updating their laws to unlock new economic and social opportunities.It criminalizes harmless remixes by ordinary users if they achieve 'a commercial scale' (art 2.14.1) which many amateur videos do on sites like Youtube. And it criminalizes legitimate websites by making them responsible for user behavior ('aiding and abetting' art 2.14.4).Worse, it permanently bypasses the democratic process by empowering the 'ACTA Committee' to 'propose amendments to [ACTA]' without your approval. (art 6.4) In other words, it's impossible to know what you're voting for.The global movement against the US law SOPA showed that internet freedom is a crucial issue which belongs in the legislative process of each country. You should view ACTA as an attempt by a handful of companies to circumvent the democratic process, and you should vote against it.Thank you. Please reply if you have any questions.

Monday Session with Bishop

November 24, 2008

Greg Bishop hosts your noon to 3 show on 970 WMAY, the News and Talk of Springfield, streaming worldwide at WMAY dot com.

Today: What are the craziest concert moments through history? Was it GNR at the ampatheater in St. Louis in the 90's or maybe a GWAR concert? What are some of the strangest concerts you have been to?

Axl Rose from Guns and Roses causes a riot in St. Louis in 1991. Classic video!

The lead singer of Tool performs martial arts on a fan who gets on stage ... and he continues to sing!

Also

With every event there seems to be some cheesy company trying to capitalize on it.

Obama coin

We're not talking about private mercenaries in Iraq getting upwards to 2/3rds of the war funding to fulfill their contracts â€¦.

We're not talking about the photo journalists doing everything they can do to take a picture of the latest celebrity baby for millions of dollars â€¦.

Weâ€™re talking about those commemorative coins â€¦ or plates.

And

Have you ever tried to end a service, be it telephon, cable, or Internet? I tried to cancel a cell phone line on Friday and I really wish I could have recorded the converstation leagally. Every attempt was made to keep me on board even after my multiple explanations for cancelation. Has this happened to you?

This and your calls to 217.629.7970 or email bishop@wmay.com