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ddeclue

(16,733 posts)
Wed Jan 18, 2012, 11:03 PM Jan 2012

Al Gore (inventor of the internets??) opposes SOPA:

http://mashable.com/2012/01/06/al-gore-sopa/

Former Vice President (and Apple board member) Al Gore has some strong words against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

The bill “would very probably have the effect of really shutting down the vibrancy of the Internet,” Gore said at a CareerBuilder event Thursday night.

SOPA, if passed, would give the U.S. federal government a wide array of powers for disabling a website it found to be in violation of copyright law. Many Internet users and tech companies, including Yahoo, Google and eBay, consider the bill dangerous to the structure of the Internet as we know it.

Gore certainly, if belatedly, agrees. “In our world today there is hardly anything more important than to save and protect the vibrancy and freedom of the Internet,” he said.

more at link..
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Al Gore (inventor of the internets??) opposes SOPA: (Original Post) ddeclue Jan 2012 OP
You might want to change your headline.. trumad Jan 2012 #1
he doesn't oppose SOPA? ddeclue Jan 2012 #2
He took the initiative in creating the internet, as opposed to inventing it (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2012 #3
hence the question marks... the article says the same thing I did ...got a sense of humor? ddeclue Jan 2012 #4
just trumad Jan 2012 #5
oh brother.. get a sense of humor already..Al did... ddeclue Jan 2012 #6
How did Al INVENT the internet without using the word "invented?" Festivito Jan 2012 #7

Festivito

(13,452 posts)
7. How did Al INVENT the internet without using the word "invented?"
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 12:42 AM
Jan 2012

Ask a conservative, and all one gets is a dumb and angry look.

They are so incredibly stupid. They cannot even hear a recording correctly.

I say, good going Al Gore. Thank you for this stance against SOPA, and so much more.

Had Gore been president we all would be wealthier in mind and pocketbook. We'd also be saddled with a wealth of Republican hatred that would turn even his best acts into bumper-sticker-sized faults.

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