send a comment to the senate committee on the judiciary
The Committee has set up a special page where you can submit a comment on the subject of Protecting Creative Works in a Digital Age or the "Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA), er... Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA). You can also read other people's comments. Many long, passionate, and intelligently articulated statements have been made. But there is room for more.

I was glad to see that someone had posted the www.digitalconsumer.org Bill of Rights:

1. Users have the right to "time-shift" content that they have legally acquired.
This gives you the right to record video or audio for later viewing or listening. For example, you can use a VCR to record a TV show and play it back later.

2. Users have the right to "space-shift" content that they have legally acquired.
This gives you the right to use your content in different places (as long as each use is personal and non-commercial). For example, you can copy a CD to a portable music player so that you can listen to the songs while you're jogging.

3. Users have the right to make backup copies of their content.
This gives you the right to make archival copies to be used in the event that your original copies are destroyed.

4. Users have the right to use legally acquired content on the platform of their choice.
This gives you the right to listen to music on your Rio, to watch TV on your iMac, and to view DVDs on your Linux computer.

5. Users have the right to translate legally acquired content into comparable formats.
This gives you the right to modify content in order to make it more usable. For example, a blind person can modify an electronic book so that the content can be read out loud.

6. Users have the right to use technology in order to achieve the rights previously mentioned.
This last right guarantees your ability to exercise your other rights. Certain recent copyright laws have paradoxical loopholes that claim
to grant certain rights but then criminalize all technologies that could allow you to exercise those rights.

I've read enough to believe completely that the Act is the wrong approach. (But has the Judiciary Committee?)