Comments | gehayi: It Ain't Over Till It's Over

gehayi

It Ain't Over Till It's Over

Jan 20, 2012 02:46

This might help you understand what's going on with SOPA and PIPA, and why the problem did NOT go away when the Internet Blackout ended. Why this is, in fact, an ongoing problem for everyone on the Internet, everywhere in the world ( Read more... )

computers, tech, human rights

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gehayi January 20 2012, 15:24:21 UTC

I think it is, too. After all, it's not as if we can trust any politician to do what's right--or to actually read and understand the implications of bills. That sounds like I'm being sarcastic, but...no. We really can't count on them doing anything correct or on them understanding that what they're doing is unfeasible economically, a morass legally and just plain WRONG. And the media entertainment companies have a lot of money that they can wave under political noses.

It's going to be a long, hard fight.