The United States Government should have an office that is dedicated to promoting innovation both within the government and within the economy as a whole.

A forward-and-delete system should count as a distribution or a transfer of a copy, not a reproduction. If the net number of copies at the end of the transaction is the same as before the transaction, it shouldn’t be considered the making of a copy.

Some of the fastest and most cost-effective networks in America are run by municipal entities. These include Lafayette LA and Chattanooga TN. If communities wish to construct and operate public high speed Internet access networks for their citizens, they should be able to do so. A Federal Law should be passed to preempt the 17 (or so) states with (largely ALEC-inspired) legislative barriers to such practices. Several years ago, a Community Broadband Bill co-sponsored by Senators McCain and Lautenberg (R & D, respectively) died in Congress. Let’s resurrect and pass it.

Protect not only the Internet but the tens of millions of American citizens who need to know that when they buy Internet access, they’re getting access to the real Internet. Network providers who offer services that depend on violating IP-layer neutrality should be prohibited from labeling those services as “Internet,” as their doing so will only undermine the weight of consensus authority presently accorded to the existing standards. The term “Internet” represents specific standards that provide IP-layer neutral connectivity that supports the openness of access and innovation that have been the defining characteristics of the Internet since its origins.

Law documents are currently long and complex. Adding to this complexity are amendments to the law, which are appended to the body of the original law but affect the previous text. This proposal posits that using modern version control systems and directly amending the law, would produce improved clarity, efficiency and accountability to the legislative process and to those who would consume the law after it is made.

If the software installed on a hardware is modifiable (eg the BIOS of a computer), the information needed to perform that modification must be available to the purchaser of the equipment.
For example, a computer with a secure boot with UEFI BIOS will either be sold together with the key or allows to add new keys.
The principle is that the buyer of an equipment shall always have full ownership of it.
If the user can not modify the software, it is not a sale but a lease.