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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAl 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.
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Al Gore (inventor of the internets??) opposes SOPA: (Original Post)
ddeclue
Jan 2012
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He took the initiative in creating the internet, as opposed to inventing it (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jan 2012
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trumad
(41,692 posts)1. You might want to change your headline..
It's false.
ddeclue
(16,733 posts)2. he doesn't oppose SOPA?
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)3. He took the initiative in creating the internet, as opposed to inventing it (nt)
ddeclue
(16,733 posts)4. hence the question marks... the article says the same thing I did ...got a sense of humor?
Because the article repeats a right wing men's doesn't mean we have to.
ddeclue
(16,733 posts)6. oh brother.. get a sense of humor already..Al did...
Festivito
(13,452 posts)7. How did Al INVENT the internet without using the word "invented?"
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.