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Parts of SOPA Hiding Inside a Boring Case About Invisible Braces

Posted by Soulskill on from the sopa-2:-the-revenge dept.

derekmead writes: The most controversial parts of SOPA, an anti-piracy bill defeated in 2012 after a massive public outcry, may end up becoming de facto law after all, depending on the outcome in an obscure case that is working its way through the legal system without anyone noticing.

Next week, the U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit will hear oral arguments in ClearCorrect Operating, LLC v. International Trade Commission, a case that could give an obscure federal agency the power to force ISPs to block websites. In January, The Verge reported that this very legal strategy is already being considered by the Motion Picture Association of America, as evidenced by a leaked document from the WikiLeaks Sony dump.

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  1. shit sandwiching by nimbius · · Score: 5, Funny

    this, the TPP, pipa, DMCA, you name it and it all shows up buried in some obscure bill about dentures or highway reflector color. In america we could pass legislation on the width of an ear of corn and by the end of the vote it would have legalized nazi bingo parlour strippers and privatized nuclear cheesecake warfare.

    our biggest, and most famous shit sandwich is the agriculture/farm bill. Its around 950 billion dollars and laced with nothing short of paint-thinner dreams like creating a national christmas tree board and a reality tv show to promote cotton in india. and this all happens because american politicians are the equivalent of a pre-paid chipotle gift card. Whatever you want, so long as you've paid.

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    1. Re:shit sandwiching by Nidi62 · · Score: 4, Funny

      this, the TPP, pipa, DMCA, you name it and it all shows up buried in some obscure bill about dentures or highway reflector color. In america we could pass legislation on the width of an ear of corn and by the end of the vote it would have legalized nazi bingo parlour strippers and privatized nuclear cheesecake warfare.

      I'm confused. Are they bingo parlor strippers who are members of the Nazi party, or are they just strippers who work in a bingo parlor frequented by Nazis? Because to me this distinction is very important when deciding whether or not they should be legal. And if we privatized nuclear cheesecake warfare, how would we keep a Cheesecake Factory franchise from opening in Tehran?

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  2. Re:Fine, fuck 'em ... by plover · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Why won't sharks attack lawyers? Professional courtesy."
    "How do you stop a lawyer from drowning? Take your foot off his neck."
    "What do you have when you have a lawyer buried up to his neck in sand? Not enough sand."
    "The problem with lawyers is that the actions of 99% of them give the other 1% a bad name."

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