“The record companies and Hollywood are scheming to drastically erode your freedom to use legally purchased CDs and videos, and they are doing it behind your back. The only parties represented in the debate are media and technology companies, lawyers and politicians. Consumers aren’t invited.”
Wall Street Journal columnist Walter Mossberg just said it best. Click here for the full column in WSJ’s Personal Technology section.
Here the labels and government are about to decide the future of downloadable digital media, but how does the consumer (the person that will actually be affected by any new laws) testify? How do we make our opinions count?
Sure, we can all contact our state and U.S. congressmen and senators (something I do think you should do, just do it in a professional manner). But are many of them listening? Or is the soft money drowning the out the voice of the people? “We the people…”, right? Democracy, representation, right? What do you think?
