Help Set IPac's Course

Politicians have to make decisions about many important tech-related issues, and IPac is dedicated to ensuring that they decide wisely. But there are a *lot* of issues to track, and we have to focus our time and resources for maximum impact. That's why we want to know which are the most important to you.

IPac hasn't taken a stand on all of the issues listed below, but each one touches some aspect of the tech-savvy world we call home. Please let us know your thoughts about each issue.

Copyright

DMCA Reform: Allow people to circumvent copy protection in order to make legal use of content, and to allow dissemination of tools that enable it.
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Freedom to Innovate: Strengthen the protections of Betamax so that technologies with substantial noninfringing uses, like Slingbox or YouTube, can operate with less danger of lawsuits. Read one perspective on this issue.
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Orphan Works: Allow creators to use content after the original copyright holder is no longer locatable. Read one perspective on this issue.
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Renewal Registration: Require registration for copyrights to extend beyond an initial period. Read one perspective on this issue.
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Access to Public Research: Mandate that federally funded research be publicly available and freely licensed.
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Internet Radio Parity: Limit royalty costs for Internet radio to be equivalent to that of traditional radio. Read one perspective on this issue.
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Patents

Patent Reform: Limit the number and breadth of patents granted by the Patent Office, especially seemingly "obvious" patents or those with prior art.
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No Software/Business Patents: Stop allowing software and business processes to be patented at all.
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Internet and Cable

Net Neutrality: Reinstate rules similar to those in place for phone companies before 2006 that prevented discrimination among traffic by destination or protocol. Read one perspective on this issue.
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Cable Plug and Play: Allow consumers to connect any set-top device to their cable networks and provide those devices with the means to decode the cable signal. Read one perspective on this issue.
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Public Access: Publicly invest in broadband infrastructure to ensure access to all homes.
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Wireless Networks

Cellular Carterfone: Require mobile carriers to allow any compliant device to be connected to their networks. Read one perspective on this issue.
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Spectrum Freedom: Release more spectrum for unregulated uses like 802.11. Read one perspective on this issue.
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Broadband Competition: Push the FCC to implement rules for upcoming spectrum auctions to ensure new entrants that will create competitive national broadband. Read one perspective on this issue.
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Municipal WiFi: Repeal all state limitations on municipal WiFi deployments.
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Other

These are issues where IPac hasn't traditionally been involved, but which matter to many people in our community and we could consider including in our agenda.

Research Funding: Provide more federal funding for scientific research.
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More Tech Visas: Allow more foreign workers to work in the United States under H1B visas in tech jobs where their skills are needed and the roles cannot be filled with Americans.
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Electronic Voting: Ensure that voting systems are open source to allow peer review of their security.
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Top Priority

Which of the above issues do you think is most important? If we could win only one, which would you want it to be?

Remember, the positions in each question are not necessarily those of IPac or its members (that's why we're asking!)

Are there any issues you think should have been included here, or any other comments you have?

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