For anyone planning to write to their MP and up, you should watch this short TED talk on writing to public officials. It'll help you get heard.<p><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/omar_ahmad_political_change_with_pen_and_paper.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ted.com/talks/omar_ahmad_political_change_with_pe...</a>
This is a frustrating issue because it keeps coming up over and over again. The lobbyists have a lot more energy than we do. Why does it have to take the people 1000x the effort to get a bill killed as it does to lobby it into existence?<p>I wrote my MP last time (C-61). I guess I'll drag out the letter again and update it.
The intellectual property lobby can channel campaign money to the politicians and likely offer them connections for further contributions or future career opportunities. The copyleft lobby can't compete with that. This is why democracy isn't representing the will of the electorate on this and many other issues.
I'm sick of American <i>government</i> officials screwing around with our domestic policy. I'm not saying I don't see why it happens, but "senior officials" from Washington should be saving their political clout for legitimate international issues.