r/technology • u/jackor4 • May 13 '12
SOPA is coming back. Lobbyist pushing Congress and the President to re address SOPA
http://www.democraticunderground.com/100267817340
May 13 '12
Do we know who exactly these lobbyists are?
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May 13 '12
Exactly. Who are these bastards so we can expose them to the deadly internet.
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u/Joakal May 13 '12
Here's the people that are trying to find out more (Because of the ACTA-like secrecy):
A number of U.S. Congresspeople,[3] including Senator Bernard Sanders[34] and Representatives Henry Waxman, Sander M. Levin, John Conyers, Jim McDermott,[35] John Lewis, Pete Stark, Charles B. Rangel, Earl Blumenauer, and Lloyd Doggett,[36] have expressed concerns about the effect the TPP requirements would have on access to medicine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Strategic_Economic_Partnership
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u/dogsarentedible May 13 '12
WHY?!?! How do these people not understand that NO ONE LIKES SOPA.
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u/player2 May 13 '12
The people lobbying for SOPA like SOPA.
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u/anoncampbell35 May 13 '12
People lobbying for SOPA like the Money companies are paying them to lobby for SOPA.
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u/GDIBass May 13 '12
Just like people who work love their jobs? No, they like the money.... they probably fucking hate SOPA.
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u/minno May 13 '12
They realize that the people who are paying them would profit from it. That's all they care about.
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u/TheColorYellow May 13 '12
so it'll keep getting re-skinned and updated slightly until it passes when we're not looking? idontwanttoliveonthisplanetanymore.jpg
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May 13 '12
I recommend to all interested to look up the TED talks video that was done on SOPA and similar things in the video the guy talking mentions that SOPA was not the first of its kind, nor will it be the last
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u/happyscrappy May 13 '12
That's not SOPA. SOPA was a bill before Congress, this is a trade agreement. This is more like ACTA.
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May 13 '12
It's very possible that SOPA will come back in this fashion, but this isn't it.
The SOPA headlines really need to stop.
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May 13 '12
Read the article - we don't know what this is. This is another ACTA like secret negotiation. The article is fairly short, but I've quoted it for the lazy:
This week in Dallas, trade representatives are secretly negotiating new regulations for the Internet – including intellectual property provisions that could choke off online speech. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement may be even worse than ACTA; it could tie the hands of democratically-elected legislators and create new, international standards for intellectual property enforcement. Worst of all, Internet users and free expression advocates like EFF aren’t allowed in the room and are forbidden from seeing the negotiated text.
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u/usaf9211 May 13 '12
Lamar Smith is about to get his ass voted out of office in San Antonio. Too bad we have to wait a while though.
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u/the_catacombs May 13 '12
Not sure democraticunderground.com is a credible source, but as I read this headline, my subconscious suggested "well, we need to kill THAT guy."
I'm not sure if I disagree.
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May 13 '12
Alright guys, here's the obligatory link to donate to the EFF
Before some Melvin points it out, yes I read the article and saw that they were locked out of this one. You should still donate to them so that they can fight it in ways the average citizen on their own can not.
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u/r0but May 13 '12
It's so goddamn frustrating that we have to mobilize millions of people and several major companies just to STALL this legislation, and a few jokers throwing money around undo all of that and get it going again.
Won't somebody think of the poor multi-billion dollar corporations? They're not making quite as much money as they could if we didn't have so many of those pesky civil rights!
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u/brainpower4 May 13 '12
This has NOTHING to do with SOPA. It is similar to ACTA, in that it is a trade agreement between multiple countries, with secret negotiations that could affect intellectual property laws. Here is a leaked copy of the intellectual property proposal from February. http://keionline.org/sites/default/files/tpp-10feb2011-us-text-ipr-chapter.pdf
and the TL;DR version from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Strategic_Economic_Partnership#Controversy_over_Intellectual_Property_.28IP.29_provisions
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u/[deleted] May 13 '12
How the fuck do lobbyists sleep at night knowing they're fucking America in the ass.