[free-sklyarov] The Web site and 'writing your congressman' (fwd)

[Seth Finkelstein]

Daniel Orr wrote:
> 
> I am a former aide a U.S. Senator.
> ...
> Persuading Congress to amend the DMCA is a matter of educating them. Most
> members have little idea as to the law's impact. Letters from constituents
> are a good way to get them to sit up and take notice.

	Thanks Daniel. I'm a constituent of Senator Kennedy, and he's
on the Judiciary committee. I've been thinking I could write a long
letter to him, pulling out all my credentials, and making a liberal
oriented argument against the DMCA. Question for you: Does any of
that matter? That is, does a pages-long letter count even
marginally more than a short one? Is the key aspect the letter
itself, and sounding halfway-not-insane (:-)), rather than cites
and credentials? Or does it really matter if I puff myself
(or would that be negative, since I'm not an ordinary citizen then?)
Thanks for some insight here.

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