[JerseyHighlander]

Ron Wyden: Puts Hold On PROTECT IP,

Press Release of Senator Wyden

Wyden Places Hold on Protect IP Act

Overreaching Legislation Still Poses a Significant Threat to Internet Commerce, Innovation and Free Speech

Thursday, May 26, 2011

In case a domain is not registered or controlled by a U.S. company, the authorities can also order search engines to remove the website from its search results, order ISPs to block the website, and order ad-networks and payment processors to stop providing services to the website in question.

The Chinese got nothing on us. It's only a matter of time before you come to FR and see:

[JerseyHighlander]

Let’s try this again.

[YankeeReb]

So let me get this straight, the regime wants to censor the Internet, the DOJ has basically shut down the free peer to peer music sites, BUT they were powerless to stop the Wickileaks guy from stealing military secrets and splashing them all over the world. I get it now!

[La Lydia]

Only if the Robinsons decide to infringe on someone’s copyright or traffic in counterfeit goods. That is the tag they slap on websites selling faux Gucci bags and Rolexes.

[vaudine]

The Repubs on the cmte. should KNOW that it is a rotten bill when Leahy, Shumer, Feinstein, et al think it's a good thing.

vaudine

[pnh102]

Why any Republican would support any bill that protects the Hollywood left is beyond me. The GOP should be embracing policies that do not strengthen intellectual property laws because the primary beneficiaries of those laws show no favor to conservative causes.

But in a broader sense, why is it the government's job to police and enforce privately owned copyrights? A copyright owner can seek plenty of relief on his own via the court system for any infringement. They should not get the benefit of a publicly-funded copyright police.

[Thunder90]

Righthaven is pushing this. It would extend to posting ANY news story, including excerpts. It would also apply to videos depicting copyrighted items, trademarks and logos, and patents.

[I cannot think of a name]

WTF is with Orrin G. Hatch — Utah?

Once upon a time I used to like this guy. He has been on the WRONG side of this issue since forever. I'm beginning to see him as little more than a water-boy for the entertainment industry.

What a sad ending for a guy who back in the 80’s did fight some good fights (Clarence Thomas for one).

[jakerobins]

•Lindsey Graham has been a thorn in South Carolina and the Countries side for too long! I can’t wait to vote that bum out in 2014! It will be the second happiest vote I will have made in the next few years....2012 VOTE out OBAMA...2014 Vote our Grahamnesty!

[Gene Eric]

These guys don’t give a damn about unintended consequences. As far as I’m concerned, they’re striving for it.

What’s going on (again) with Jeff Sessions? The other Repukes don’t surprise me.

And what is the average age of these Senators? Why are clueless troglodytes governing modern tech?

[rmlew]

Hatch, Grahamnesty, and Cornyn have long been useful idiots for the left. But what is with Coburn, Lee, and Sessions?

[kevinm13]

The government (at all levels) has no business touching the internet, healthcare, and a variety of other things it has stuck its nose into in recent years. Leave it alone, Senators or you will be replaced by somebody who has a clue.