PIPA and SOPA co-sponsors abandon bills
source: http://mashable.com/2012/01/18/pipa-sopa-abandon-bill/
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PIPA co-sponsor Florida Sen. Marco Rubio pulled his name from the bill Wednesday and SOPA co-sponsor Arizona Rep. Ben Quayle pulled his name Tuesday.
Rubio communicated his withdrawal via a Facebook post, titled “A Better Way to Fight the Online Theft of American Ideas and Jobs,” in which he argues congress should avoid rushing to pass the bill that could have unintended consequences.
“As a senator from Florida, a state with a large presence of artists, creators and businesses connected to the creation of intellectual property, I have a strong interest in stopping online piracy that costs Florida jobs.
However, we must do this while simultaneously promoting an open, dynamic Internet environment that is ripe for innovation and promotes new technologies.”
The Florida Senator encouraged his co-sponsor Nevada Sen. Harry Reid to follow his lead and abandon the bill in order to “take more time to address the concerns raised by all sides, and come up with new legislation that addresses Internet piracy while protecting free and open access to the Internet.”
SEE ALSO: Why SOPA Is Dangerous
Following the PIPA co-sponsor’s withdrawal, Texas Sen. John Cornyn followed suit, posting a statement of abandonment on Facebook Wednesday morning. Similarly, a spokesperson for Nebraska Rep. Lee Terry said the Congressman is unable to support SOPA as it’s written and plans to withdraw his support as well, the Omaha World-Herald reports.
We will update this story throughout the day should more members of congress change their course.
Do you think the widespread website blackouts, such as Wikipedia’s, are to credit for the bills’ supporter drain?
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jubal
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What those idiots need to do is recognize that copyrights are not really as important as they make them out to be. For years the RIAA complained about piracy when the MP3 revolution was underway that there were dozens of file sharing companies that had excellent technology. The RIAA instead of being a NAZI like organization and stifled these companies should have immediately began charging royalties and allowed these companies to compete with an open architectural system. People would have gladly paid, as Apple Itunes has proven, a dollar a download for their favorite songs. But they could have made billions immediately if they had embraced rather than prosecuted the efforts of technology. There was a huge debate on VHS and CD and DVD copying and that was decided long ago. People have a right to copy for personal use things shown on the public airwaves...the internet is no different. They can and should be able to fairly use a copyrighted work for education purposes or for parody. Money and time is better spent going after those people who copy DVD's by the hundreds and sell them at flea markets all around the world.
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jubal
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MotherForTruth
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SOPA/PIPA are Top 7 posts! Current community you are awesome!
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MotherForTruth
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TanzaniteDiamonds
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Keep the updates coming!
Thank you, Jan.
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/join-our-censorship-protest/ - 4 months ago
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TanzaniteDiamonds
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AreOh
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I like how people are coming together for this. This bill definitely needs to die a quick death.
Now if we could do this with other social issues as well, we'd be on to something.
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AreOh
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JanforGore
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AreOh:
Yes, climate change comes to mind.
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JanforGore
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Truthitswhatsfordinner
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People power can trump K St!
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Truthitswhatsfordinner
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JanforGore
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Almost half of the frontpage is about SOPA/PIPA. Way to go Current community.
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JanforGore
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MotherForTruth
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This is great news! Let's keep up with phone calls, letters, and posts.
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MotherForTruth
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Vierotchka
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http://current.com/technology/93622855_avaaz-blackout-save-the-internet-today.ht...
The fight is not quite over, sign the petition.
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Vierotchka
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JanforGore
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"Do you think the widespread website blackouts, such as Wikipedia’s, are to credit for the bills’ supporter drain?"
You bet! Good to also see posts about it on the frontpage. We are being heard.
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JanforGore
