Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No US politician cares a s**t about what the rest of the world thinks... Cheers Jayanand On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 6:56 PM, slobodan dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: > If they see that it might become an international trade liability, it > could affect how they would vote. > s.d. > > > > On May 12, 2008, at 6:18 AM, Nathan wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >