Anyone protesting the Internet bills that are to be voted on in in Congress?

[Catty1]

Protect IP/SOPA

http://vimeo.com/31100268

I'm in Canada so can't write congress...but it has sure been on the news here today.

[Karen]

Your thread title is misleading. The bills are to be voted on, no one says whether they will pass or not. That's the point of a democracy.

[Lady's Human]

There is a vocal minority in Congress pushing for these bills.

While the bills themselves are disturbing in scope, I doubt they come anywhere near seeing daylight. There are too many truly pressing issues for Congress to deal with, the leadership is most likely not going to take any action on yet another divisive issue when it's an election year and there is a lot of legislative work that they HAVE to take care of before they get to other issues.

[pomtzu]

Did you see where Wikipedia blacked their site out for 24 hours in protest?

And I agree with LH too. Far more pressing issues in an election year for Congress to waste time on a bill such as this.

[momcat]

I do support these bills and very much hope they go through. It's about time something is done to bring this computer nonsense under some sort of control.

[Karen]

I do support these bills and very much hope they go through. It's about time something is done to bring this computer nonsense under some sort of control.

But all these bills are purporting to do is give the US government the power to take down a website that has been accused of copyright infringement, which likely has nothing to do with the"computer nonsense" you are referring to. And as the Internet is a global entity, if anything, it will create more issues in courts over boundary issues, or make large companies move their websites overseas ...

What did you think these bills would control?

[lizbud]

I doubt they come anywhere near seeing daylight. There are too many truly pressing issues for Congress to deal with, the leadership is most likely not going to take any action on yet another divisive issue when it's an election year and there is a lot of legislative work that they HAVE to take care of before they get to other issues.

The logical has never stopped Congress before, why start now.