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Subject: [Leica] Orphan Works
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon May 12 08:15:37 2008
References: <200805112042.m4BKfstX097500@server1.waverley.reid.org> <AA451126-D8F6-44D9-804B-9D086BB7367A@netvigator.com> <F19D4EF0-CED5-4112-80B2-BF6F0842A7E1@frozenlight.eu> <200805120854.AQK03037@rg5.comporium.net> <EC685E55-F3BC-49F6-9B45-5ED34379EB3D@frozenlight.eu> <C3375069-4604-4810-9CD2-F57FDC7D029D@charter.net>

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
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Replies: Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] Orphan Works)
In reply to: Message from cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer) ([Leica] Orphan Works)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan) ([Leica] Orphan Works)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Orphan Works)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan) ([Leica] Orphan Works)
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan dimitrov) ([Leica] Orphan Works)