SOPA and PIPA Aren’t Necessarily Dead

WHAT GUMMINT DOES                           SOPA and PIPA Aren’t Necessarily Dead

“ Even if these specific bills may be dead, like zombies rising from the dead, they will be back because the key phrase in all of this is “as written.”     Over the weekend, the Obama administration issued a potentially game-changing statement on the blacklist bills, saying it would oppose PIPA and SOPA as written, and drew an important line in the sand by emphasizing that it “will not support” any bill “that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.”     Yet, the fight is still far from over. Even though the New York Times reported that the White House statement “all but kill[s] current versions of the legislation,” the Senate is still poised to bring PIPA to the floor next week, and we can expect SOPA proponents in the House to try to revive the legislation—unless they get the message that these initiatives must stop, now. So let’s take a look at the dangerous provisions in the blacklist bills that would violate the White House’s own principles by damaging free speech, Internet security, and online innovation: [Dvorak continued] ” As Alexandra said to Rasputin, "Is there no end to it?"