More Senators Dropping Off As Co-Sponsors Of PIPA
from the welcome-to-the-club-of-internet-protectors dept
We've already noted that Senator Marco Rubio dropped his co-sponsorship of PIPA, and now John Boozman has done the same, as have Senators Orrin Hatch and Roy Blunt. On the House side, Rep. Ben Quayle has also dropped support. On top of that, plenty of non-sponsors in both the House and the Senate have spoken out today to say they don't support the bills either... Would list them all, but running between meetings in the Senate to see if we might be able to get a few more names on this list... more later.UPDATE: Just learned that Pennsylvania Congressman Tim Holden is withdrawing his co-sponsorship of SOPA.
UPDATE: And now Senator James Inhofe (thanks johnjac).
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Filed Under: ben quayle, blackouts, john boozman, lee terry, marco rubio, pipa, protect ip, protests, senate, sopa
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Keep going!
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The Internet wins! FATALITY!
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This is a man who once suggested the entertainment industry get a special exemption for breaking into people's computer, and perhaps if a few people got their computer destroyed, maybe they'd learn top respect copyright more.
when even he start backpedaling from a copyright bill, you know it has problems.
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If you pay for a DVD, it becomes yours under principles of property rights. Copyright and patent monopolies make sure that the manufacturer can limit those property rights of yours.
So it's completely logical that monopoly maximalists disregard property rights.
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Um, yay I guess
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Not wrong, but negative.
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http://torrentfreak.com/senator-roy-blunt-drops-pipa-co-sponsorship-120118/
https://www.fac ebook.com/SenatorBlunt/posts/290177127706912
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nevermind that. he was listed in the article already =)
Maybe some sleep is in order.
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Add Jim Inhofe to the list
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Sen. Cantwell (D,WA) does not support PIPA
Left message for Sen. Murray (D,WA) (lines were busy!), and spoke with staffer for Rep. Inslee (D,WA-1).
I let all three know that I would not vote for them should they support these bills in any form, and I would actively urge others to do the same.
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Iowa Congressman Bruce Braley also
m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5Cb7xzHB5is%26list%3DUUTpZ7wWCoIpNGqAZiiQDWhg%26ind ex%3D1%26feature%3Dplcp&index=1&list=UUTpZ7wWCoIpNGqAZiiQDWhg&feature=plcp&v=5Cb7xzH B5is&gl=US
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Sound familiar? :)
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So take that! you backwards and bloated entertainment industry. While you were sleeping with your outmoded distribution models and corporate salaries that would make an enron executive blush, the world left you behind and sided with companies that create value by distributing information for free, that's right, FREE. That little word that also happens to be the basis of another word FREEDOM, something we seem to have forgotten about in this country.
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Anyway sorry, here's a better link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cb7xzHB5is
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add Coburn, Grassley, Cornyn, Sessions, Lee
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Mondays XKCD:
http://xkcd.com/1004/
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Wow...just wow. Never though the day would come where HE would oppose any copyright legislation.
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