MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @10:53AM from the don't-worry-about-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The EFF has gone into detail about why it opposes 'The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act,' or COICA. It has the potential to give the Department of Justice the power to shut down any domestic website, or block any foreign website it so chooses, setting the stage for Internet censorship in the United States. Addressing the free speech concerns, MPAA chief Bob Pisano dismissed the First Amendment issues, saying '...the First Amendment was not intended as a shield for those who steal, irrespective of the means.'"

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Re:You can't steal from corporations by tehcyder · 2010-11-17 22:24 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Well, holy shit. My teachers were wrong, there ARE stupid questions.
Not as fucking stupid as people who won't answer them.

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To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it