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The Author of SOPA Is a Copyright Violator

WHAT GUMMINT DOES                             The Author of SOPA Is a Copyright Violator

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Hollywood Pisses on Teh One

HLLYWD "We bought that weasel wetback. He owes us!"

“ Even Euros Are Protesting (This one from Spain) Internet sites on their SOPA-Strike may be conducting a blackout but Hollywood studios are conducting a boycott. I’ve learned that Hollywood studio chiefs individually and as a group are drawing a line in the sand on the piracy issue with the Obama re-election campaign and refusing to give any more donations.  The blowup came after President Obama on Saturday dashed moguls’ hopes that he would remain on the sidelines in the dispute over the U.S. House Of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act and the U.S. Senate’s Protect IP Act. - Deadline Hollywood When his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness proposed " many ideas that are considered to be conservative in nature, including several that have already passed in the Republican-controlled House as jobs bills," Obama demurred.  "Obviously This Year Is An Election Year," he reminded them.   Which is telling (as if we needed to be told); Obama the highly principled communist knows when to fold and when to hold.  Such is the level of popular resistance to the Hollywood and Democrat Senate's SOPA and PIPA acts,  that he was forced to fold on them.   I'm giggling like a little girl. Just to annoy conservatives who continue to voice their displeasure about how Obama is just a Hollywood liberal and more of a star than an experienced politician, the city of Hollywood has decided to award President Barack Obama his own Hollywood Walk of Fame star.     “We are very proud to honor our first ‘star’ President with a star among the stars of other celebrities. Our goal is to defend the honor of the Hollywood ‘star’ and not allow radicals to develop a negative connotation for the word,” said a representative for the city of Hollywood.  The Sarcasmist)

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?"

Go DADDy Pays a Just Price - SOPA

WHAT GUMMINT DOES          Where a cop sees the guy tailgating you and, well, shoots him Go Daddy loses over 37,000 domains due to SOPA stance

CLAP CLAP CLAP “ Sic Semper Hosting and domain registrar company Go Daddy has lost more than 37,000 domains in the past two days due to the company’s wishy-washy stance on the Stop Online Piracy Act. The fleeing domains comes as a result of the intense backlash from customers and Internet critics after Go Daddy appeared on an official list of companies supporting SOPA. The internet responded by staging a wide-spread boycott where people would switch their domains to another registrar, which Go Daddy initially dismissed as having little impact on their business. Now it seems that assessment wasn’t entirely accurate. Although Go Daddy reversed their stance on SOPA, it wasn’t before 37,000 domains were transfer off of its service .. Sic semper tyrannis I'm sick to death of threats like SOPA being hurled at us non-stop.   If you're unfamiliar with this piece of crap legislation— here, and here for some background.  Below are the perpetrators of this monstrosity, and yes, Republicans are in charge, and responsible.  All of them deserve to be primaried,  and thrown out of office. The Stop Online Piracy Act was introduced by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) and was initially co-sponsored by Howard Berman (D-CA),   Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), John Conyers (D-MI),Ted Deutch (D-FL), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Timothy Griffin (R-AR), Dennis A. Ross (R-FL), Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Lee Terry (R-NE). As of December 17, 2011, there were 31 sponsors.[65] ”