[Chapter-delegates] Tomorrow Hearing on SOPA in U.S. House of Representatives

[Marcin Cieslak]

Dear Markus,

On Thu, 17 Nov 2011, kummer at isoc.org wrote:

> This is indeed an issue of some concern. We have been approached to
> endorse similar letters, but decided instead to develop a separate
> paper, as we think we might have more impact that way.
>
> Our position on DNS filtering is explained in the paper mentioned by
> Dan below. This will be the basis for our position on SOPA and of
> course we will consult before issuing any new paper.

This is very good news as I reckon there is something in the works.

> My apologies to Marcin, for not replying to similar questions he
> raised earlier. Normally we would have attended the Hearing in the
> House of Representatives. However, this week we had no public policy
> staff member available to do so.

Thank you for the heads-up. I understand there are situations where it
is better to wait two days than to rush things. Regarding resource issue
I hope we will be able to turn the location of our HQ into strategic
advantage vis-á-vis policy development in the United States.

//Marcin