Nathan Deal

Congress of the United States

9th District of Georgia

April 3, 2001

Dear Ms. Aker:

Thank you for contacting me regarding copyright law and its relationship to the United States Constitution.  I appreciate your taking the time to share your thoughts.

I believe the United States government should always remain within the boundaries set in the Constitution by our Founding Fathers.  Regardless of the length of time the copyright laws allow private ownership to the original creators of a piece of material, I do not believe the material is constitutionally required to be surrendered to the government.  Should legislation regarding this matter be brought before the House I will certainly keep your thoughts in mind.

Again, thank you for contacting me and please do not hesitate to do so in the future.  Input such as yours helps me to better serve the Ninth District.

Respectfully,

Nathan Deal