[governance] Impact (so far) in DC of SOPA Blackout

[Paul Lehto]

"The Hill" publication I'm linking to is, along with Roll Call, Politico
and others, among the most viewed sources domestically in the USA for
what's happening in Washington DC.  Here is their blog on the impact, so
far, of the SOPA blackout.  I would say that overall the perception is of a
big, even unprecedented, impact.

By the way, for Daniel Kalchev's benefit, this issue is another example of
property rights (IP) conflicting with human rights (free expression).  Yes,
humans can and do own property, but without the very large aggregations of
property called corporations trying to singlemindedly expand their IP
property values further, the real humans who are copyright owners and
affected by piracy would never have had the desire, nor the collective
political power, to get a bill drafted like SOPA and PIPA (a more
reasonable bill, *perhaps* the real humans would have the power to get
introduced)

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/204749-websites-strike-to-protest-online-piracy-bills

*The lead paragraphs *on THE HILL (with much more at the link, which I
recommend reading if you have time) are:

> "Congressional support for controversial online piracy legislation eroded
> dramatically on Wednesday in the face of an unprecedented online protest
> supported by tech titans such as Google, Wikipedia and Facebook.
>
> Several key senators withdrew their support from the Senate's Protect IP
> Act, including Tea Party favorite Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Sen. Roy
> Blunt (R-Mo.), an elected member of his party's leadership.
>
> Sen. Jon Cornyn (R-Texas), who leads the Senate GOP campaign team, and
> Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee,
> also retreated from the bill."
> http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/204749-websites-strike-to-protest-online-piracy-bills
>
>

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