READER PRIVACY News

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Press Covers PATRIOT Act Petition Drive

The PATRIOT Act petition drive has attracted a lot of attention from
newspapers around the country. Newspapers in Cleveland, Boston, Denver,
Seattle, Hartford, Pittsburgh, Lowell, Massachusetts and Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, have run stories that in many cases have included interviews with local booksellers. The best story so far ran in the Boston Globe on March 9.
It looks at how the campaign is faring across the nation. To read it, click here
<http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2004/03/09/reading_over_your_should
er/>. Click here <http://news.bookweb.org/freeexpression/2282.html> to read an editorial on the issue.

The American Booksellers Association has recommended that booksellers who are circulating the petition consider sending a press release to their local media. It has posted a sample release that can be easily adapted by any store here <http://news.bookweb.org/freeexpression/2289.html>.

Eager to Help, Customers Flood Local Bookstores

Not only have booksellers enthusiastically taken to the Campaign for Reader Privacy, but customers have joined in the grassroots efforts as well. "We have gone through so many pages [of the petitions] that we need to order more petition pads," reported Linda Leehman, a bookstore manager in Vermont.
To read more about the outpouring of public support, click here
<http://news.bookweb.org/freeexpression/2247.html>.


PATRIOT Act Amendments Continue to Gain Support Across the Nation

As reported in last month's update, efforts to clamp down on the vast powers of the PATRIOT Act have been underway for over a year. In that time, four states (Maine, Vermont, Alaska and Hawaii) and 273 local communities have past ordinances, resultions and ballot initiatives supporting changes to the PATRIOT Act. For the complete list of supporters, click here
<http://www.bordc.org/Chronology.pdf>.


What You Can Do

It's easy to support the Campaign for Reader Privacy. Sign our online
petition here <http://www.readerprivacy.com/?mod[type]=sign_petition>. The Reader Privacy Web site also provides detailed instructions
<http://www.readerprivacy.com/?mod[type]=contact_congress> for contacing
your members of Congress directly. If you want to call, we even tell you
what you can say!

We also ask you to help spread the word about the campaign. On our home
page, we provide an easy way to send an e-mail to your friends. If you have a Web site, please post our Reader Privacy button. You'll find a link to it on the home page.
Finally, we hope you will consider making a donation to the groups that have been leading the fight to amend Section 215. Click here
<http://www.readerprivacy.com/?mod[type]=donate_now>!

If you would like to link to READERPRIVACY.COM, or to TELL A FRIEND about our site, both these features are available on the website.

Thanks for your support!


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