Sir Tim Berners-Lee Speaks Out On SOPA

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee Speaks Out On SOPA

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 19, 2012 @07:18AM from the everyone's-a-critic dept.

natecochrane writes "Father of the web Sir Tim Berners-Lee called for Americans to protest SOPA and PIPA, laws he says violate human rights and are unfit for a democratic country. Sir Tim's condemnation came on the day an editorial in Australia's leading broadsheet newspapers pointed out that although the laws ostensibly applied to U.S. interests they could overreach to impact those in other countries."

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Father of the web Sir Tim Berners-Lee by frovingslosh · 2012-01-19 07:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Father of the web? Wait 'till Al Gore hears about hears about this poser!

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1. Re:Father of the web Sir Tim Berners-Lee by elrous0 · 2012-01-19 07:29 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I hear if you say his name three times into a mirror, you get a 25Mbps fiber-optic connection.
  
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2. Re:Father of the web Sir Tim Berners-Lee by shutdown+-p+now · 2012-01-19 10:17 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Congress thinks?!
Sunshine by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-19 07:25 · Score: 4, Funny

I hope it does pass, I waste far too much time on the Internet.
Re:And yet... by jesseck · 2012-01-19 07:39 · Score: 3, Funny
That's how the House and Senate currently work- they intoxicate themselves with money, so that they are sufficiently blinded to consequences. It's pretty similar to beer goggles.
Analogy:
A lobbyist and Congressman are out at a bar. The lobbyist sees a girl he wants to bang, but her ugly friend is with her. To get the good looking girl, the lobbyist buys the Congressman drinks until beer goggles are worn. After that, the lobbyist gets his way.
- Beer = money
- Good looking girl = SOPA (favorable to his interests / pocketbook)
- Ugly girl = us getting fucked by our representatives
Re:Senator Rand Paul Promises PIPA Filibuster by Fned · 2012-01-19 08:18 · Score: 5, Funny

That's just what people who read a lot of Ayn Ron want you to believe.
Re:The Joke's on Them by froggymana · 2012-01-19 10:35 · Score: 3, Funny

Except when the blocking mechanism is to remove say slashdot.org from DNS.
Simple solution. Just memorize the IPs to all of your favorite sites!

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