Eyes on the Senate

[Downhill Battle]:http://www.downhillbattle.org/
[campaign]:http://www.downhillbattle.org/eyes/
[reporting]:http://downhillbattle.org/node/view/439

[Downhill Battle][] recently had a [campaign][] to get as many showings of the famous civil rights documentary "Eyes on the Prize" going as possible because the film is not allowed to be distributed due to the creators losing their license on certain clips in the film. At first DB distributed the video via blogtorrent. After about two days that got pulled due to legal threats, but many showings still went on all over the country. In a possitive turn of events DB is [reporting][]

>At the same time, Sen. Landrieu is in the process of working on very interesting legislation to help "Eyes" and other historical films out (we will divulge more info on this amazing turn of events here in the future)

If the bill really does get introduced I hope everyone spreads the word, I know I will do my best to tell my friends and call my senators. Our history should not be owned and if the restrictive copyright system we have put in place is burying our past something must be done!