I agree. It's not an unreasonable thing to have to bring to the government's attention considering how quickly technology allowed for these advancements to occur.
It is ridiculous that the response is taking forever and that they sought time to tell people why the death star isn't going to be built.
> they sought time to tell people why the death star isn't
going to be built.
There is no political fallout from refusing to build a death star.
The Republican Party's rapid backpedaling after publishing a memo outlining what many HN'ers consider a reasonable policy stance on copyright -- to the extent of firing the staffer who prepared it, never mind that it appears he got permission from the appropriate party channels to publish it as a policy document -- show that the copyright lobby has on its side some of the finest politicians that money can buy.
It is ridiculous that the response is taking forever and that they sought time to tell people why the death star isn't going to be built.