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SOPA/PIPA Lose More Supporters On ‘Blackout Day’
What once seemed a solid bedrock of support from many members of Congress for two controversial anti-piracy bills is quickly eroding, with several more prominent lawmakers coming out against the bills, which are known as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and the PROTECT ACT (PIPA) in the Senate.
“I’m going to vote NO on #PIPA and #SOPA. The Internet is too important to our economy,” Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) tweeted on Tuesday afternoon, on the eve of a massive blackout planned by many popular U.S. websites opposed to the bills.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) detailed exactly why he was switching sides from a co-sponsor of PIPA to a detractor in a longer post on Facebook titled “A Better Way to Fight the Online Theft of American Ideas and Jobs.”
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Full article with more names listed here: http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/sopapipa-lose-more-supporters-on-blackout-day.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
“I’m going to vote NO on #PIPA and #SOPA. The Internet is too important to our economy,” Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) tweeted on Tuesday afternoon, on the eve of a massive blackout planned by many popular U.S. websites opposed to the bills.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) detailed exactly why he was switching sides from a co-sponsor of PIPA to a detractor in a longer post on Facebook titled “A Better Way to Fight the Online Theft of American Ideas and Jobs.”
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Full article with more names listed here: http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/sopapipa-lose-more-supporters-on-blackout-day.php?ref=fpnewsfeed