I am very disheartened by Sen. John Cornyn's vote in favor of COICA, which is a vote for censorship of the internet. No matter the BS explaination of how this blocks internet websites trafficing in copyright infringement, there is the issue of "dedicated to infringing activities", which is very much in the eye of the beholder, and the same people have a very long and troubled history of declaring all sorts of new technologies as "dedicated to infringing activities." The VCR, cable TV, the DVR and the MP3 player were all lambasted as being dedicated to "infringing activities" with no demonstrable, commercially significant purpose, when each was introduced. In hindsight, supporters of COICA like to ignore this, and insist they always knew that each of those technologies could have perfectly legitimate non-infringing uses. But that's only because they were allowed to go forward after a series of legal fights. With COICA, no such chance would be given. It's easy to declare something as dedicated to infringing activities if you're unwilling to see how it can be useful.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101121/23584311958/why-voting-coica-is-vote-censorship.shtml
Also, the cast of dubious characters who also voted in favor of internet censorship include the likes of Arlen Specter, Al Franken, Chuck Schumer, Chris Coons (aka Bearded Marxist), Dick Durbin, Russ Feingold, Diane Feinstein and more. This is a very bad lot.
To: broken_arrow1
2 posted on
11/29/2010 7:22:50 AM PST by
tutstar
To: broken_arrow1
Cornyn, Sessions, Hatch, Grassley, Kyl, Graham -— WTH is the matter with these people??? Somehow they just can’t see the potential for government abuse of this power, huh???
3 posted on
11/29/2010 7:26:48 AM PST by
ScottinVA
(The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
To: broken_arrow1
And Scott Brown voted against it?
4 posted on
11/29/2010 7:27:18 AM PST by
Celtic Cross
(I AM the Impeccable Hat. (AKA The Pope's Hat))
To: broken_arrow1
Copyright infringement can be dealt with individually through court action. Censorship is a VERY slippery slope.
6 posted on
11/29/2010 7:28:16 AM PST by
ScottinVA
(The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
To: broken_arrow1
8 posted on
11/29/2010 7:29:24 AM PST by
harpu
( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
To: broken_arrow1
9 posted on
11/29/2010 7:30:08 AM PST by
Libloather
(Teapublican, PROUD birther, mobster, pro-lifer, anti-warmer, enemy of the state, extremist....)
To: broken_arrow1
I haven’t ever liked Cornyn. He is awful.
I am sorry to ever see him. I want a Texas toss out for his butt. Next election cycle we need to run a Tea Party person against him.
10 posted on
11/29/2010 7:30:19 AM PST by
King_Corey
(www.kingcorey.com)
To: broken_arrow1
One more vote against Cornyn. I don’t know who is worse; Cornyn or Hutchison.
Texas deserves better.
To: broken_arrow1
Not defending their votes, but if FR folks are waiting to fins a politician that votes correctly every time, please don’t hold your breath. All we can do is choose the ones who will get it right most of the time. This is the real world.
Please remember this come 2012. We must get rid of Obama. I am not advocating for Romney or other RINOS, I am merely pointing out the need to get the best candidate to beat Obama — a confirmed socialist. We should rally around the nominee, whoever it is.
16 posted on
11/29/2010 7:50:30 AM PST by
Tulane
To: broken_arrow1
To: broken_arrow1
“Our Own Government Has Become Our Enemy” - Paul Babeu
19 posted on
11/29/2010 7:53:43 AM PST by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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The proverbial camel’s nose is in the tent! Thanks Senators!!! Who’s next? FR?
20 posted on
11/29/2010 11:35:36 AM PST by
SWEETSUNNYSOUTH
(Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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