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S.1957 - Design Piracy Prohibition Act
- designerella : Adelie, your 2nd comments refer to protections in place by and for huge companies only, or mostly only. Large brands knock off independent designers and get away with it (I'm not saying Prada does, but I just read DVF did)! Also, most small companies, especially start-ups, cannot afford to brand our items with logos as much as the well-funded big boys. Why is this so necessary anyway, from a style perspective, when many women do not want to be advertisers for a brand? Yes, stamped hardware is usually subtle, but your argument implies we indies need to do it too or else we deserve to be copied, as I read it.
- designerella : I am highly for the protection but against this particular bill. There is no stipulation that the fee for a fashion copyright can't be exorbitant. Big companies copy the little people and they could get OUR copyrights first if it's say the most expensive form. I'm also curious about a bulk filing discount, as I heard it's done in music. Send in 30 tapes for $30 - one fee. Something like that can be affordable, especially since we can only pick select designs that fall under being sooo unique. I think this would protect indie designers if done right. It would mean that no one can carry around a Birkin inspired bag though, so consumers could be against it.
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H.R.73 - Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2007
- Anonymous : so all felons are going to have stamped on there foreheads so we know who is one and who isnt??
- mason1 : I Think This is a Great Start, But They won't Pass it cause Crime might go down and then the States would loose funding for more Police in the Comunity.
Bill M.
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H.R.676 - United States National Health Insurance Act (or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act)
- scrabbledemon : Tomorrow, Thursday February 12, 2009, is a national call-your-representative day sponsored by the Progressive Democrats of America. PDA is having these once a month, and the goal is to have so many calls at once that the switchboard gets overwhelmed.
Call your own Congress Member and ask them to cosponsor and promote HR 676: (202) 224-3121.
While you're at it, call your senators and ask them why they don't have a companion bill for HR 676?
And, since Hilda Solis's nomination is looking shaky right now (the LAST thing they want is someone who's pro-labor!), tell all of them you have their backs in supporting Solis's nomination.
Roberta McNair
Gig Harbor, WA
- TessRenberg : I want to tell my brothers and sisters in the US what my experience has been with universal healthcare.
I am an American living in Europe this past year. I have to rave about the healthcare here in Scandinavia. They do not overschedule the appointments because they are not profit driven. My usual wait time with an appointment has been 0-5 minutes with an appointment, in the US it was usually 30-45 minutes. I have four children, so I go to the doctor quite a bit. There are no papers to fill out, because its all tied to our 'social security' number. The staff everywhere i go is more friendly and relaxed than my experience in the US. We pay a copay as in the US, but not for children. My husband needed a two week stay in the hospital last year and we would have been devastated finacially in the US, but here we were ok. That makes me a better parent for my children knowing we are supported.
The drug companies compete for the government contracts, so capitalism works for us! Hospitals get better prices for their supplies, in the US, i looked at my hospital bills, usually they paid way too much for bandages and ointments!
Then i looked how much the US spends of its GDP for healthcare, it's nearly double what is spent here. I saw the PNHP is about 15,000 physicians who want this type of healthcare in the US. There are also churches, unions, nurses organizations, and business organizations who want this for all of us in the US. The absolute most important thing that i can tell you about it though is the respect for human life and dignity that comes when you know you are taking care of everyone, it's healing. Did I mention the comparison of lifespan and infant mortality rates in the US compared to other industiral nations with universal healthcare? Please call and write your representatives for your families' sake.
I am just so grateful.
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H.R.2060 - Internet Radio Equality Act
- Anonymous : Considering the crap the labels and "new" artists are offering, boredom and lack of talent ought to be reason enough to make sure this legislation passes. Until the RIAA realizes that internet radio listeners are looking for music that either is never played or the past "oldies" that had not only talent writing and performing, but also the demand that is there to re-release these albums on to CD's for the public to buy outright. Start to offer what the public wants then maybe the'll see their profits rise a bit. Then again, they also need to quit screwing artists out their fair share of the royalties and lying about their decreasing bottom line. RIAA tactics of late against those who were trading songs has recently come under fire by the courts since they are acting like militia's without any legal documents to allow them to just walk in and bust someone and their equipment. Boycotting the labels ought to be threatened. I think we can live with out Britney and the rest of the "Paris Hilton" drug and lesbian experimentation cartel.
- Anonymous : George Bush is a terrorist
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H.R.1201 - Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007
- adelie : Let us PLEASE fix one of the worst disasters created by the DMCA and the NET Act that had poor understanding of how the internet and technology play a role in peoples lives and work. They were well intentioned and worked out over this past decade to have been mistakes. Lets remedy this now.
On a side note, encryption should be like a fence around a property that is a reminder to people that the artist chooses to reserve their rights, and when people violate the copyright for commercial gain, the encryption can be used as proof that the alleged infringer was aware that the work was protected by copyright law.
A right that requires one to break the law to take advantage of is no right at all. Protect the right of creators and consumers together, and support this bill!
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