Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Right Tina, I did read the section. My point is that none of those entities or persons has any influence on whether or not the bill is passed. Perhaps people like the US Trade Representative or the Undersec'y for Economic Affairs might have had some impact during the committee process but if I understand things correctly, we are well beyond that stage now and so the only people worth trying to influence are the individual members of Congress who are to vote on the bills--and those people are only influenced by their constituents (and of course lobbyists etc.). Certainly not by foreign photographers. Cheers, Nathan On 12-mei-2008, at 10:54, Tina Manley wrote: > At 01:12 AM 5/12/2008, you wrote: >> Unfortunately, I very much doubt that letters/e-mails/faxes from >> outside the USA will make the slightest bit of difference, and >> therefore I will not bother. Why? Very simple: the people who have to >> make the decision on this law are the members of Congress, and they >> only care about what the people who vote for them think. Since people >> who reside outside the USA do not vote in congressional elections >> (even those who are US citizens), their opinion matters not one bit. >> >> Nathan > > http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php? > searchterm=00267 > > The International letters do not go to Congress. They go to: > > Ambassador Susan C. Schwab > Office of the United States Trade Representative > 600 17th Street, N.W. > Washington, DC 20508 > United States of America > FAX: 001 (202) 395-4549 > (Telephone: (202) 395-3000) > > > Marybeth Peters > Register of Copyrights > U.S. Copyright Office > 101 Independence Ave. S.E. > Washington, D.C. 20559-6000 > United States of America > FAX: 001 (202) 707-8366 > (Telephone: (202) 707-5959) > > > Jon W. Dudas > Director > United States Patent & Trademark Office > P.O. 1450 > Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 > United States of America > FAX: 001 (571) 273-8300 > (Telephone: (800) 786-9199) > > > Reuben Jeffrey III > Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs > U.S. Department of State > 2201 C Street NW > Washington, DC 20520 > United States of America > FAX: 001 (202) 647-9763 > (Telephone: (202) 647-7575) > > This bill will affect everybody's work, whether you live in the USA > or not. > > TIna > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/128276 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog