Senator Leahy Still Insisting That SOPA/PIPA Are 'Needed'
from the out-of-touch dept
It appears that Senator Patrick Leahy has learned absolutely nothing from the public outcry over his ridiculously overreaching PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, in which the White House IP Czar, Victoria Espinel, suggested that perhaps the "problem" was solving itself via voluntary action, Senator Leahy continued to insist that legislation like PIPA was needed:“Voluntary efforts are wonderful and I am hoping the voluntary efforts will give us some confidence for the legislation we need, because ultimately we still need legislation.” Leahy said.This is really ridiculous. He isn't just saying that PIPA is needed, but he's arguing that the market working these things out on its own is evidence to support the need for legislation. How does that make any sense at all? What's clear is that Leahy still doesn't understand why PIPA was defeated or why there was so much concern (and so little legitimate rationale) for the legislation in the first place.
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Filed Under: patrick leahy, pipa, senate judiciary committee, sopa, victoria espinel
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Solid Sale
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This man is an asshole and yes he is corrupted.It will be a real blessing to at this point to even see this Nation survive another 10 or 20 years.How many of these other Politicians are not on the take ? My opinion is they all are on the cash.
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(joke) I say we start a crowdsource project to buy him for us. He's precisely what we need =D (/joke)
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I appreciate the good wishes, I really do believe that the key to fixing politics is to remove the career politicians. The problem is that they're so entrenched it will take a major event to dislodge them.
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Indeed. But specific bills generally make people's eyes glaze over and fill people with confusion (they're written specifically to induce those effects, I believe).
You might get a better response by speaking to the underlying principles behind the opposition to those efforts rather than speaking about specific bills, except when there's a call to action regarding a Bill Of The Moment.
And good luck!
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If you want to get elected, you should focus on the issues that are most important to your constituents- not to you. Right now in the second Congressional district of Nevada; it's the economy stupid.
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They're just sleeping.
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Leahy's tag line, "There oughta be a law!"
Vote him out please.
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This would take a lot of Congress' time reviewing and re-voting on existing law -- thus preventing them from being able to introduce new laws at as great of a clip. It would also allow a way to get bad laws off the books more easily. instead of having to pass a new law to get rid of an old one, they could just do nothing and let it expire.
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so so true....need to have a test for them to see if they have the competence to vote on a subject before they can vote on it, or infact have any hand in drafting laws on that subject.
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When you are a hammer...
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I'm generally ambivalent about this kind of voluntary action. On the one hand, if the results turn out to be awful, everyone can easily just stop doing it. On the other hand, it puts public policy into private hands where the public has no real say about it.
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Similarly, legislating is fine... until you come across the majority that rejects the legislation.
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Legislation
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Divide by zero error
W. T. F.
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a limerick...
and hopefully confidence is given and thus
you'll be ridiculed slightly
both daily and nightly
For not realizing that you are not us.
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Here's a good course of action: Do nothing.
And then, publicize the hell out of it. Use an angle like, "hey look, I'm not making anything worse, I'm not making your life more complicated with new laws, I'm not doing anything. None of the laws I'm passing or writing are taking away your freedoms, because I'm not writing or passing any new laws. You should elect me again."
I'm telling you, it will work brilliantly.
Luv,
:Lobo Santo
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You'd have to explain why you're better at nothing than everyone else.
People would start wondering why they are paying this guy the big bucks when they could just put a sack of rolled oats in his chair and accomplish the same thing, which is to say, nothing.
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According to Frank Shaeffer that was the plan all along..
Look at the video on this link
http://www.frankschaeffer.com/?89d32bb0
The bit you want starts at about 19 minutes in...
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Money buys loyalty
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seems to me...
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Legislation needed?
Without legislation rolling back copyright terms to something reasonable, we'll never reclaim our public domain rights.
Without legislation criminalizing the use of DRM, the entertainment industry will continue to use it to violate our property rights.
Without legislation repealing the DMCA's "Safe Harbor" provision, (an Orewllian abuse of the language if there ever was one,) our culture will continue to be held hostage to DMCA takedown notifications, and new SOPA-esque bills violating Due Process will continue to have it as a foundation to build on.
(Some people say that the Safe Harbor provision is a good thing, that it's what allows sites like YouTube to exist and be useful to us. That's crap. Laws to make such sites useful already exist--it's called common carrier law, and it provides the same protections that Safe Harbor does, but without the trampling of Due Process that comes with it.)
So yes, getting new legislation passed is very important. I agree completely with Senator Leahy on that. He's just got the wrong legislation in mind.
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When Violence is your Hammer...
Politicians only want ever more power & control. The idea that a voluntary & consensual market is solving the problem is antithetical to their purpose as a politician in the fascistic state that is the U.S. today.
This is why we must not use the political system in an attempt to affect change.
We must instead live the principles of freedom & liberty via the non-aggression principle, respect of property rights, and self-ownership.
We must not associate with those who advocate State force against us (i.e. public schools / taxation / voting ...etc).
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News: Did you hear about this PROTECT IP Act.
Billy Bob: Well by god I want someone to protect my IP while I'm surfin the interwebz for my pron.
News: If it does not happen we are all doomed DOOMED!
Billy Bob: We gotta hirry this alon right noww.
8 Year old child: It's not that kind of IP moron..
8 Year old child: It's the kind that will take your porn away.
Billy Bob: OMFG we are all doomed DOOMED!!!
Wife: Da fuck?
Billy Bob: How am I supposed to get my rocks off now.
Wife: Rolls eyes
Billy Bob: "You would think the bitch gets after 15 years you just need some strange"
Billy Bob: Did I say that out loud? Sigh..
Wife: Yeah well you would think after being with the same woman for 15 years you would know how to please her and not bust your nut in 45 seconds.
Billy Bob:I'll stfu now.
Oh yea to the dude talking about Frank Shaeffer.
It looks more like a referral link to me O_O
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Could we see something like the Protecting Internet Commerce and Communication Act (PICCA), that is in one fictional scenario in althistory.com's "Future History" section.
With people like Leahy and a few others hell bent on passing such legislation, we might very well see something like PICCA in the 113th Congress.
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Markets do not always "work things out on their own"
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SOPA and PIPA dead in name only
Those of you who are union members, especially IATSE: now is a good time to start reading the bulletin (that glossy magazine they send you quarterly, also findable on the website). Understand that IATSE's leadership is intending to jump right back on the MPAA's bandwagon as soon as possible. IATSE elections are happening this fall as well. This is a good time to tell your union leaders how you feel about this issue, and tell them with your votes as well!
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