The next time you think about a our do-nothing congress, consider MPAA boss Chris Dodd's assessment in the aftermath of the anti-SOPA/PIPA internet protest this week. Instead of acknowledging the overreach of the bills and looking at alternative strategies for fighting piracy, he sees the problem as congress acting too slowly and not pushing the bills through before the citizenry had a chance to respond. This of course is exactly what happened in Sept 2001 when the Patriot Act was passed in just days with almost no one really knowing what was in the bill.
It sounds like we will have to be far more vigilant going forward, because Hollywood isn't going to go down without a fight and they will probably try and tack these provisions onto another bill somewhere along the way without anyone taking notice.
#sopa #pipa
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MPAA chairman Chris Dodd expresses regret over pro-SOPA strategy, calls for compromise
Former Senator and current MPAA chairman Chris Dodd has acknowledged that SOPA and its Senate counterpart PIPA have an image problem. Dodd says that the bills were largely considered a "slam dunk"…
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Sounds like…. Dodd-Frank!
what's the organization that lobby's for all the valley tech companies? I'm trying to remember.
+Dustin Romero that would be us
+Sam Abuelsamid , haha, certainly is, but I remember hearing about an organization that Google, Facebook, Twitter and Wikipedia are all members of.
Dodd should know about shoving things up the public's a** on his way out.
I think the alternative bill has already been introduced, except this time with a poor title designed to evoke public ire towards anyone opposing it in an election year.
The Protect Children From Online Pornographers Act of 2011
"The bill is mislabeled," said Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, the senior Democrat on the panel. "This is not protecting children from Internet pornography. It's creating a database for everybody in this country for a lot of other purposes."
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/the-legislation-that-could-kill-internet-privacy-for-good/242853/
Won't anybody please think of the children! +Misha Belle
Exactly! When in doubt, play the family values card. sigh
Just to add one more thing- I like how Dodd says, the Congress and SOPA have "image problems". Not actual problems. double sigh
+Misha Belle Thank you, that one deserves a promotion. On its way to my stream.
Screw PIPA and SOPA