I decided to write a letter to Senator Feinstein and will likely send it to
Senator Boxer AND Congressman Baca.

July 9, 2011

Dear Senator Feinstein

I am here to announce my opposition to S. 978 and I would like to express
how regressive this bill is for our nation as a whole. I know you are
bought and paid for by the content providers and you will not likely change
your mind like Congressman Bachmann suddenly embracing LGBT equality.

This bill will end up jailing so many non violent offenders for copyright
issues, this will end up leading to more people in jail for terms up to
five years like how Oklahoma jails people with dime bags of marijuana with
10 year sentences. Threatening to shut the internet connection of people
who upload videos of lip syncing to popular music will help to destroy the
fandom for people's appreciation for the works of the leading musical acts
of today.

I know that the RIAA wants the money they used to make before the Internet,
but we are in a new age.

I could understand going after illegal downloads and torrent sites that
offer unauthorized products, but killing off interpretive content such as a
music video concept by an independent film maker, a hobbyist covering their
favorite tune or a drag queen dancing around pretending that he is Jenifer
Lopez helps to spark the people against S.978.


What is the RIAA asking from you when you meet with them? Maybe you can ask
your friends at the RIAA and MPAA to offer to sell hobbyist licenses at $50
to start. So you can still help your friends make some money, and prevent
our states and the federal government from clogging our prisons from S.978
offenders.

We currently are having severe budget problems where we might default on
our debts, and this bill might actually cost the government more money in
enforcing it. Jailing people for five years for broadcasting an online
video game game play session from World of Warcraft as an example is rather
regressive and draconian such as Australia's internet censorship.

I would encourage you and your friends who wrote this bill Sen. KLOBUCHAR,
Sen. CORNYN, and Sen. COONS to amend this bill. We can both respect
intellectual property, but there can be a new way in solving the problem.

Because S.978 will create more political opponents and people who support
issues you advocate for such as LGBT equality and pro-choice will likely
consider a homophobic opponent in 2012 instead.

Best,

Matthew Munson

Ontario, California
  
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