Here's an email I got from an IPac member:

I signed on to the IPac movement because I am a songwriter and musician. I intend to produce, record, and promote my own material. Some of it will be offered for use free of charge, and the rest will be shopped out for income's sake.
My question is this: There are many candidates out there who may stand for the copyright fight but may be against personal beliefs and views concerning our society and politics. This, for me at least, presents a moral dilemma. Though I understand and agree with being non-partisan, how can I vote for someone who is against my social and moral beliefs, and how can we know that we are voting into office the best person for a job based on one area of concern?
I know this is probably trivial at best, but it seems to me that we should lobby to the existing congress, make the case, and get the laws changed by a majority vote now, or as soon as possible. How can such a thing be taken to the people? A vote that forces the government to do the will of the people?
Thank you for taking time to read this and for ignoring my ignorance of politics.

There are conservatives who believe in Free Culture. There are liberals who believe in Free Culture. The character of America is diverse and mostly pragmatic, and so is this movement.

Here's my answer. You can donate directly to IPac, which we encourage, or you could can donate directly to an IPac-endorsed candidate, which we also encourage. If you donate directly to IPac, we will disburse the money to candidates and you will have no control over who it goes to. We will also use the money for operating expenses, events, and advocacy/educational campaigns. Donating to IPac will give us the flexibility of giving to candidates we research and spare you the time of doing the research yourself.

As election time approaches, we will send you notices on who we endorse, and the reasons why we endorse them. You can choose to give to specific candidates at that time, and though IPac will have no control over where the money goes, those candidates will know that you care about the issue of copyright reform. This gives you the advantage of being able to control for ideological factors and isolate your donations to those with whom you are politically comfortable.

Either way, getting involved is a great thing. There are many ways to do so - writing your legislators, phoning them, telling your friends, paying attention to groups like the EFF and Public Knowledge, or just reading IPac emails and putting IPaction.org in your email sig. At any rate, we're committed to creating opportunities for public participation in policy formation - copyright is too important to be left to big cartels.