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US Senate Committee Passes PROTECT IP Act

Posted by timothy on from the kill-first-ask-questions-later dept.

angry tapir writes "A US Senate committee has unanimously approved a controversial bill that would allow the US Department of Justice to seek court orders requiring search engines and Internet service providers to stop sending traffic to websites accused of infringing copyright."

2 of 338 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Bill Stuck In Senate Plumbing by lennier1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A politician who acts based on common sense???

    I get the feeling this 2012 armageddon stuff isn't completely bogus after all.

  2. Re:Funny by lennier1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sponsored by the Ministry of Truth (tm).