FSF mobilizes to oppose Internet Explorer requirement
The Free Software Foundation is mobilizing to submit reply comments en masse from the free software community in opposition to the Copyright Office's proposal to require use of Internet Explorer for pre-registration of copyright claims. The proposal about Internet Explorer is ancillary to the question of what types of works will qualify for special pre-registration treatment under the law. See prior post for background. Comments on the Copyright Office's proposal are due by August 22nd.
The FSF says:
"This is billed as something temporary; they say that support for other browsers will be added later on. Since this is an issue of freedom, such a temporary restriction is not acceptable. They also don't have a specific timeline for when this future support will be added."
And:
"We will let the federal government know that requiring citizens to use proprietary software to interact with the government is unacceptable, and remind them that as a democracy, they must prioritize consideration of the impact of such decisions on freedom. Presenting the comments from the free software community all together will make a powerful statement."
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