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Hollywood complaining about “abuses of power” — that’s rich. Elitist city. Hopefully a few hundred thousand “pawns” will worship Hollywood a little bit less after today’s protest. Lazy fans who won’t look outside the lamestream generated consensus for entertainment are a lot of the problem.
Movie studios, record labels and business groups
Dont they have lawyers to write out some cease and desist letters - those Chinese just need to be educated about piracy and they’ll quit...
Right?
Each and every one of them is in someone’s pocket. This is why I don’t just blindly vote for anyone with an (R) after their name.
Just the THREAT of this type of legislation has ALREADY moved some hosting businesses offshore because of unknown liabilities and concerns for future follow-ons.
With Obama chasing away manufacturing, and pubbies chasing away high tech IP, there won’t be much left except to take in each others laundry.
Good job!
Oh really? And just who decides what websites are "legitimate?"? Kind of like banning guns that aren't deemed legitimate for sport hunting.
“…working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals”
If only they were so diligent regarding the immigration question.
I propose that we refer to illegal downloaders as "undocumented sharers." We need to bring them out of the shadows…
“Reps. Ben Quayle (Ariz.)...”
Sounds like a DYNASTY in the making.
Go Issa! And FULS.
Pelosi and Jackson-Lee are against this bill. I wonder if there is something wrong with it or they didn't get their "appropriate" kickbacks. Oh yeah, that little b*tch Cornyn is still supporting it as of 1930 this PM.
DeMint 'gets it'....
Hundreds of millions of Internet users, most of whom might have been unaware of the bills until Wednesday, are likely to have noticed the protests.
Hundreds of millions have been unaware of the bills because the mainstream media has been hiding these bills hoping Congress would pass them behind our backs. The mainstream media and Congress are the enemy of liberty, freedom and the enemy of the people.
These bills are the worst attack against liberty that I have seen.
And Lamar smith the villain behind these bills has a backup bill PCIPA in case these fail. This PCIPA he says is to protect the children against pornography but has SOPA in it.
Shut up, Leahy. Your side had a chance to negotiate in good faith, and blew it off because you thought you'd just get you way without making any concessions.
Now that you've been pwned and come up empty-handed, you whine about "misunderstanding". Go away.
No, fine-tuning is what happens when a bill is NOT up for a vote - what's debated when a bill is on the floor is yea vs. nay. Old fart Leahy doesn't even understand his own job - and we should believe he understands the Internet better than Wikipedia and reddit?
It was very dismaying when so many Republican Reps and Senators signed onto this piece of shyte. What’s the upside for a conservative to support such an awful Hollywood driven bill that totally messes up internet freedom, unless he is getting schmeared (paid off)