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Petition Demands White House Investigate SOPA Supporter

Wow, wow, wow… Chris Dodd’s comments have backfired on him.

“Don’t ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don’t pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.”

He meant for his comments about the Obama administration to strike a cord into his reelection campaign, but ironically it’s the Obama administration’s “We The People” open petition system that’s being used against Dodd. Good job internet, good job… JbB

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many SOPA opponents were confused and even shocked when they learned that the very power they feared the most in that bill — the power of the U.S. Government to seize and shut down websites based solely on accusations, with no trial — is a power the U.S. Government already possesses and, obviously, is willing and able to exercise even against the world’s largest sites

(Source: salon.com)

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MPAA's Chris Dodd Shows How Corrupt Politicians Are Used

To anyone who believed politicians aren’t corrupted by lobbyists who buy them out, this… JbB

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SOPA Is Inevitable

parislemon:

Marco Arment has this exactly right. We may have beaten these variations of SOPA and PIPA, but the sad fact of that matter is that they — or something like them — will eventually pass. 

Obviously, all things being equal, such bills should never pass. But all things aren’t equal. As with most things, this is actually all about money. The MPAA and the other content lobbies are going to continue to pump money into this until they get what they want.

And again, they will. Consider this: SOPA and PIPA came this close to passing with MPAA head Chris Assclown Dodd banned from direct lobbying. Why is he banned? Because there’s a law that requires politicians to be two years out of office before they can lobby.

Dodd vacated his U.S. Senate seat on January 3, 2011. In a year, he’ll be able lobby all he wants. He’ll be able to directly buy the support of all his former colleagues. He spent 36 years in Washington as both a Senator and Congressman. You think that doesn’t matter? He’s going to be the best lobbyist ever. Which is exactly why the MPAA picked him. 

Arment’s hope that people stop supporting the MPAA by stopping watching films clearly isn’t going to happen. But the idea of supporting campaign finance reform to eliminate bullshit lobbying is a good one.

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The RIAA Gets The Feds To Shutdown Megaupload

Oh the irony. Right when it looks like our blackout movement has defeated, or at least crippled, the RIAA and MPAA’s SOPA and PIPA pet projects, the RIAA managed to get Megaupload shutdown!

Thank goodness for Anonymous yo, they did a denial of service attack on the RIAA causing their web site to be temporarily “shutdown”. Good job Anonymous. JbB

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Looks Like We May Have Defeated SOPA And PIPA

The way the MPAA talks and acts, it sounds like it! JbB

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Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works

This is a completely separate issue from SOPA and PIPA. Just check this out… This ain’t right at all. JbB

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After Wikipedia Blackrout, somewhere, a student today is doing original research and getting his/her facts straight. Perish the thought.

Jonathan Lamy - RIAA

I’ve hated the RIAA for years… Glad to see my hatred is still unbridled and pure. JbB

(Source: Gizmodo)

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This dude is crazy, offensive, uses curse words and hates SOPA with a passion… My kinda’ guy, haha. JbB

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Google says 4.5 million people signed anti-SOPA petition today

Google clearly is doing this for self-serving purposes, which I’ve outlined before… but I gotta’ say I’m so proud of you Google right now. 4.5 million is a shit load… *whistles* Google, ya done good. …Ya done good. JbB