Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

AFL-CIO and Big Content Advocate For SOPA

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-piracy-for-you dept.

Weezul writes "Today's House Judiciary Committee meeting on the Stop Online Piracy Act excluded any witnesses who advocate for civil rights. Google's Katherine Oyama was the only witness to object to the bill in a meaningful way. In particular, the AFL-CIO's Paul Almeida advocated for the internet blacklist, saying 'the First Amendment does not protect stealing goods off trucks.'"

2 of 295 comments (clear)

  1. That's it. It's over. by Squiddie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm tired of trying to follow the law within reason. They don't want to play nice, neither will I. I'm off to the store to buy a couple of boxes of DVDs and blurays and I'm going to start giving them away to people I know and ask them to pass more forward. I'm going to pirate like there's no tomorrow because even when I try to play nice they want to screw up the internet. We gave them all the tools to do away with what they deemed inappropriate use of their works and now they want more. No more Mr nice guy. You asked for it. I hope you guys do the same. Pirate for people you know. Money is the only language these idiots understand(the *AAs, not your family).

  2. Re:I Agree by OutSourcingIsTreason · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why should **AA be allowed to steal stuff from the public domain by means of so-called "copyright term extensions" ?

    --
    "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Mussolini