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The White House Responds To We the People Petition

Posted by samzenpus on from the thank-you-for-contacting-citizen-support dept.

First time accepted submitter Nysul writes "The White House, aiming to gather the opinion (or marketing data) of the internet nation, asked for our thoughts by creating the We the People site and now it has responded to some of the more popular petitions, such as marijuana reform and separation of church and state. You probably won't be surprised at the answers."

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  1. And the response from the people is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    a petition to take petitions seriously:
    https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/actually-take-these-petitions-seriously-instead-just-using-them-excuse-pretend-you-are-listening/grQ9mNkN?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl

  2. Copyright Term Reduction by CanEHdian · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I found a petition to stop software patents, but was unsuccessful in finding one that demanded a drastic reduction in copyright term in order to create a strong public domain for e.g. sound recordings.

    Since I'm not a US citizen it wouldn't be right for me to create one, but it makes one wonder: did no one think about this, or have they been removed?

    --
    When the copyright term is "forever minus a day", live every day like it's the last.