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Old 02-17-2016, 10:22 PM   #1
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Copyright Office asking for opinions on DRM, Defective By Design replies
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[...] Finally, the folks in Washington are starting to listen. On December 29th, 2015, the United States Copyright Office put out a Notice and Request for Public Comment on the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA. Congress asked them to study the effects of the anti-circumvention rules and the process of granting exemptions. This call for comment presents us with a rare opportunity to have our voice heard when they are finally paying attention.

But if they just hear from us, they might go on ignoring our pleas. That is why we need your voice added to the chorus. We have prepared a comment to be submitted that we want you to co-sign. Each co-signer represents another person who is fed up and wants a return of control to the user. As we make clear in our comment, a band-aid won't fix the gaping wounds caused by this broken system: we have to stop this attack on user freedom once and for all by repealing the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions.
I can't say that I had even realized the Copyright Office was interested in caring. Possibly I wasn't the only one.

You can sign the petition here: https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/profile/c...id=439&reset=1
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Old 02-18-2016, 09:28 AM   #2
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@eschwartz,

Thanks for the link to the petition, but why is it necessary to create a FSF account just to sign it? I would like to sign, but I have no interest in being a member of the FSF.

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Old 02-18-2016, 10:50 AM   #3
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I have no idea, to be honest.

I have enough throwaway accounts in various places, that I don't really consider it a big burden to create another. So I signed it -- they would get my name and city either way, and record it on a piece of paper, so it's not a big loss that they keep my name in a database too.

If they are trying to get me to become an activist I am afraid I must disappoint...
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Old 02-18-2016, 02:46 PM   #4
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Note that several us contributed comments to the rule making process the last time around to ask for an anti-circumvention exemption for space-shifting.
(We're in the federal register, yea!)

Be aware that, while I'm sure that comments and logical arguments can't hurt, they made it clear that mere plain-language opinions were of no interest to them.
They want legal opinions and arguments formally addressing relevant matters of law (copyright, commerce, civil rights, whatever).
So we, as a community, would be much more effective if we hire a lawyer to draft a comment for us.
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So we, as a community, would be much more effective if we hire a lawyer to draft a comment for us.
Thank you for volunteering to organise this.
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Thank you for volunteering to organise this.
Hehe. You seem to have confused me with someone who has time and energy.
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We HAVE US lawyers on MR don't we?
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Old 02-19-2016, 12:55 PM   #8
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We HAVE US lawyers on MR don't we?
But an Intellectual Property lawyer is needed.
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Old 02-23-2016, 10:23 AM   #9
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But an Intellectual Property lawyer is needed.
Ideally, but any lawyer who could frame the arguments appropriately, maybe just remembering IP classes from law school, would be better than nothing.

Last time, even our extemporaneous musings were at least heard and acknowledged, and they told us what we were missing.

So now, if we can at least give them what they asked for, prompting a more considered response, that would be good, even if it isn't a brilliant legal argument based on cutting-edge IP experience.

So any lawyers want to do some pro bono work for the community? Or pro latte, 'cuz I'm sure we could chip in and buy you a cup of coffee.

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That was my point.
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That was my point.
Yes, I'm agreeing with you, and explaining why to L.Egret.
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But an Intellectual Property lawyer is needed.
Why do we need a smart real estate lawyer?
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Why do we need a smart real estate lawyer?
See, it's comments like this that are the reason none of the other children will play with you
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