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Uncle Sam Finally Wants To Hear From Us On Digital Copyright Law?

Posted by Unknown on from the but-not-you dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Can it be true? The US government claims it really wants to hear from us on the subject of how copyright law needs to be modified to accommodate the developing technology of the digital age? I don't know, but the US Patent & Trademark Office (which btw has nothing to do with administering copyright) says 'we really want to hear from you' and the Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force wrote a 122-page paper (PDF) on the subject, so they must really mean it, right? But I couldn't find the address to which to send my comments, so maybe that was an oversight on their part."

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  1. Don't do it! by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's a trap!

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    The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
    1. Re:Don't do it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      So I went and said something anyway. All I got was:

      Your comment was marked as spam and will not be displayed.

      It apparently was too wordy. Their attention span doesn't last past 1000 characters, when the question is 122 pages to start with.

  2. Of course they want your input by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just like in the recent Obama said in his speech about NSA operations, the government is really concerned about public opinion and very much wants to know the best way to make you comfortable getting screwed. After all, people being uncomfortable with getting screwed is the biggest impediment in a democracy for advancing to the next level of screwing them over. So your feedback is important to them.

  3. found the address by wbr1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dev.null@uspto.gov

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    Silence is a state of mime.