Obligatory S.O.P.A. thread...

[SB Shock]

lot of politicians bought and paid for

Boxer - $900,000 (~$1,300,000 since 2008)
Reid - $800,000 (~$1,100,000 since 2008)
Schumer - $800,000
Leahy - $500,000
Blunt - $210,000
Waxman - $180,000
Boehner - $181,000

KS representation - Moran against, All other unknown

Pompeo $14,000
Yoder $31,000
Jenkins $22,000
Huelskamp -$12,000

Moran - $40,000
Roberts - $13,000

[shox1989]

lot of politicians bought and paid for

Boxer - $900,000 (~$1,300,000 since 2008)
Reid - $800,000 (~$1,100,000 since 2008)
Schumer - $800,000
Leahy - $500,000
Blunt - $210,000
Waxman - $180,000
Boehner - $181,000

KS representation - Moran against, All other unknown

Pompeo $14,000
Yoder $31,000
Jenkins $22,000
Huelskamp -$12,000

Moran - $40,000
Roberts - $13,000

We need to be emailing, calling and/or writing the other members of the Kansas delegation. Moran is one of just 5 Senators to come out against it.

[shox1989]

Wikipedia is having a 24 hour blackout on January 18 to protest SOPA:

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout

[Kung Wu]

Craigslist has a nice rant on SOPA here, with links to your representatives:

http://www.craigslist.org/about/SOPA

[1979Shocker]

http://sopablackout.org/

[Kung Wu]

My new mantra: NOPA to SOPA!

[Wu du Nord]

How many kids are turning in effed up homework tomorrow because of the Wikipedia blackout? Uh-oh.

Luckily, Google caches everything, so it's all right there. Whew, disaster averted, folks.

I can't even imagine being a student these days with the internet.

[RoyalShock]

Found a pretty good SOPA/PIPA piece by a Hollywood professional, on the Daily Kos, of all places. It demonstrates well what's wrong with the legislation, and by extension, the legislators.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/18/1055849/-Confessions-Of-A-Hollywood-Professional:-Why-I-Cant-Support-the-Stop-Online-Piracy-Act-(UPDATED)?detail=hide

[shox1989]

Found a pretty good SOPA/PIPA piece by a Hollywood professional, on the Daily Kos, of all places. It demonstrates well what's wrong with the legislation, and by extension, the legislators.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/0...D)?detail=hide

Thanks for the link. That piece is excellent. I hope that the author doesn't get fired or blackballed for writing it.

[1979Shocker]

Congress withdraws SOPA, PIPA anti-piracy measures

SAN ANTONIO — Lawmakers on Friday indefinitely postponed anti-piracy legislation that pits Hollywood against Silicon Valley, two days after major Internet companies staged an online protest by blacking out parts of prominent websites.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid postponed a showdown vote in his chamber on the Protect Intellectual Property Act, or PIPA for short, that had been scheduled for January 24.

Lamar Smith, the Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, followed suit, saying his panel would delay action on similar legislation called the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, until there is wider agreement on the legislation.

"I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy," Smith told Reuters in a telephone interview.