Innovative technologies from Sling media, XM Radio and Google are under attack. A handful of big content interests are behind a wave of lawsuits and legislation designed to restrict CE products and consumers' use of them.

These laws and lawsuits have nothing to do with the commercial piracy or illegal file sharing. Instead, they seek to restrict what Americans can do with lawfully acquired content, for noncommercial purposes, within their private homes and vehicles.

This is not a new issue or a new problem. Some in the industry have always opposed new technologies like the cassette recorder, the VCR and the MP3 player that have enhanced consumers' quality of life and driven the economy, but also required big content companies to change their existing business models in response to consumer demand.

The Digital Freedom Campaign is fighting back. This growing group of innovators, artists, students and consumers know that they also have rights in this copyright debate and they want to make themselves heard. The campaign has four core messages:

• New digital technologies allow consumers to enjoy legally acquired content where, when and how they want - providing benefits to consumers and the economy while opening up new revenue streams for copyright owners.
   
• These same technologies empower creators to develop content, connect directly with broad new audiences, and reap new benefits and revenue from their works.
   
• Commercial piracy is wrong. We work to promote pro-consumer business models and ensure that artists are compensated fairly.
   
• The Digital Freedom Campaign provides a voice for individuals to protect and expand these rights, and as an advocate against efforts to restrict them and limit new technologies.

You can demonstrate your support several ways: You can sign up your company as "supporter of the campaign." You can sign the Bill of Sights and Sounds. You can promote the campaign on your website.