Friday, Kelm & Kirk, and 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.

Friday, Kelm & Kirk, and Session with Bishop

December 05, 2008

While Jim has the day off, the schedules get a little tricky, but WMAY is sure to keep you informed and entertained.

Bishop will be live from 10a to 2p, streaming worldwide at WMAY dot com.

Today: With the economy officially in a recession and bailouts occurring all over, what are some of the issues not being discussed? War, terrorism, human rights, equal rights for all, and more! What do you think are some of the more important issues?

Today is the anniversary of the repeal of prohibition. Be sure to check out Bishopâ€™s proposal to abolish the 16th amendment!

It appears that the popular band Coldplay is being charged with plagiarism by Joe Satriani. This affords us to the opportunity to talk about other cases of song â€˜plagiarismâ€™.

Also, George bush was in a secret society in college â€¦ what are some other secrets Gee Dub has?

This and your calls to the public sphere at 217.629.7970 or email bishop@wmay.com