Leahy, the chief author of the Senate bill, said the protest is based on a misunderstanding of the legislation.Really, just a big misunderstanding? So, what's the Leaky Weasel from Vermont's position on the entire Occutardation that hit last year? The OWS a-holes had a perfect understanding of US politics and the economy?
The Motion Picture Association of America called the protests an "abuse of power" aimed at turning Web users into "corporate pawns."I can't post what I would like to post in response that the MPAA's demagogic statement -- but point out that the MPAA's mouthpiece is Chris Dodd.
“Leahy, the chief author of the Senate bill, said the protest is based on a misunderstanding of the legislation.”
Uhhh...I would say that the protest is based on an UNDERSTANDING of the legislation.
Ain't it though? One of the few groups that I trust even less than the US Congress is MPAA/RIAA or whatever that stupid acronym is. And don't it figure that that crook Dodd is the doddering idiot in charge of it.
These politicians must be low-grade morons if they think that we don't see that this is the thin edge of the wedge that they've been trying to get their claws into the internet for years. Both US politicians and how many times have we heard about threatened UN internet taxes.
I need to hunt down that petition ;( Saw that google was blacked out but didn't click on it.
All that SOPA does is to set a precedent that govt can dismantle the internet and pull people's domain names and websites just because they don't tow the govt line. The govt decides what's "legitimate" and not.
Not for me anytime in the lifetime of this universe!
Scuzzy politicians ;(
Godspeed