Hello. I am not going to discuss politics here, but I think such an organization described below already exists and PG is already working with them. They are the Internet Archive. They are active in trying to change copyright law and according to them have got some temporary exceptions in a few areas. I could be misunderstanding this but there obviously is a close relationship with PG and IA. Perhaps a group of people from both PG and IA could combine to found their own political organization which would lobby to have copyright laws in general changed. I could see something like that happening one of these days. Also such a group could appeal to arts groups such as NPR, etc. Yes, NPR is in itself not an arts group but they would probably run stories on how the copyright law is hurting the public and that could help. Of course there are also sites like slashdot who have helped carry the PG idea before with various announcements. Finally there are various grants which could be sought to support the lobbying efforts after such an organization is formed. At 05:02 PM 9/14/2005 -0500, you wrote:
What is really needed is to setup a separate organization devoted to the defense and rebuilding of the public domain -- somewhat like the NRA, it would be an "in your face" organization. It would seek the particular IRS non-profit status allowing political lobbying, which is not 501(c)3.
I'm not sure we have the funds to do so. Still, it is a good idea, although it might be easier to simply support a previously established organization who share the same goals, if such a group in fact exists.