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MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. Re:You can't steal from corporations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, holy shit. My teachers were wrong, there ARE stupid questions.

  2. Re:Bloodsucker by PinkyGigglebrain · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would you please not call them "bloodsucking leeches". Leeches are actually very useful, unlike the *AA.

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  3. Re:Bloodsucker by ScrewMaster · · Score: 3, Funny

    Would you please not call them "bloodsucking leeches". Leeches are actually very useful, unlike the *AA. _

    Well, I mean no disrespect to the much, and often unfairly-maligned leech, but the comparison serves to elucidate the parasitic, nay, vampiric nature of these organizations.

    I suppose I could call them "bloodsucking fruitbats" instead, but then all the "friends of the fruitbat" would come out and pitchfork me.

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    The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
  4. Re:Bloodsucker by The+Wooden+Badger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stick with vampires. Twilight vampires. No one (worth listening to) will complain about comparing the RIAA and MPAA to Twilight vampires.

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    Heroscape, it's like legos combined with anachronistic wargames.