[GOAL] Re: op-ed on Research Works Act in today's NYT

[Subbiah Arunachalam]

Popvox forms cannot be sent unless one mentions the name of a US state and therefore non-US citizens cannot fill in and send their views on any US bill!

Arun



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The best place for petition-signing is probably Popvox. They (supposedly) provide summary reports directly to legislative offices. https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/112/hr3699/report

William Gunn
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On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

Although I am trying to find time to craft my own response is there any coordinated action on this issue. Somewhere where we can point 10,000 people to and simply get them to add to the count. We did this is Europe for software patents and get 250,000 signatures. 
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>I have 30 people tomorrow that I want to urge to sign something but where is the something to sign?
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>If I hadn't been actively involved in OA I wouldn't even heard of HR3699 and RWA.
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