[governance] FW: [IP] Fear of sopa backlash again

[michael gurstein]

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Date: Mar 9, 2012 10:02 AM
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Pols fear 'SOPA backlash'
By KIM HART
3/8/12
<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73802.html>

In the wake of the Internet blackout that led to the dramatic death of two
controversial online piracy bills, a new warning has entered the Hill
vernacular: "Don't get SOPA'd."

Lawmakers are tiptoeing around issues that could tick off tech heavyweights
such as Google or Amazon. They don't want a legislative misstep to trigger
the same kind of online revolt that killed the Stop Online Piracy Act in the
House and the Protect IP Act in the Senate in January.

That means the industry now has the upper hand in some legislative debates -
from cybersecurity to online sales tax.

"Nobody wants another SOPA moment," Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), a vocal
critic of SOPA, told POLITICO. "The nerds are more powerful than anyone
thought, and the tech industry flexed its muscle like never before."

Lawmakers don't want to give the tech industry a reason to flex that muscle
again at the expense of their own bills, so they're going to extra lengths
to address the industry's concerns and smooth out disagreements that could
escalate into bigger fights.

Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) said the anti-SOPA movement showed a certain
"coming of political age" for the tech industry, and his colleagues in the
House are treading carefully.

"They're involving the tech community more and are more interested in
listening," said Polis, who also opposed SOPA. "They're paying closer
attention now."

The SOPA wounds are still fresh. It was less than two months ago that
Wikipedia and Reddit went dark in protest of SOPA and PIPA, and Google
blacked out its logo on its homepage. Tech blogs warned of the dangers of
the two Hollywood-backed bills that would have ratcheted up the legal
consequences of hosting illegally copied content on the Web. The
entertainment industry, which had done an excellent job lining up bipartisan
support for the bills, hoped the legislation would significantly curb the
online piracy that has decimated their business models.

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