Hi

Just stumbled across this very good and detailed dissection of the lobbying and politics around SOPA, might be of interest.  One of the more depressing observations: "The result was a perfect agglomeration of traditional Democratic Party constituencies, enabling Leahy to quickly round up 21 Democrats as co-sponsors -- including some of the most progressive and Internet-friendly members of either chamber. Top members of the Democratic leadership, including Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), signed on alongside progressive stalwarts, like Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), to the chagrin of Internet freedom groups who had once counted all of them as allies.  All 22 Democratic co-sponsors of Protect IP previously voted to protect net neutrality."

Bill


On Dec 14, 2011, at 11:27 PM, Joly MacFie wrote:

Is thefe a record on the House website of the submission?

Just so there is a url to refer in the meantime to I have uploaded the letter to http://isoc-ny.org/ncuc/NCUC_Letter_on_SOPA+PIPA.pdf

j


On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear all,

As you all know by now there is a great discussion taking place regarding the recent US legislative approaches regarding PIPA/SOPA. At yesterday's policy call, some members of NCUC suggested it would be great if NCUC were to join all the bodies -  international organizations and institutions, individuals, civil society and academics – against these horrible copyright protection.

Both Bills are meant to go for mark-up tomorrow, so there was no time for the letter to be put before the whole list. The letter – attached -  has been drafted and ratified by both the NCUC EC and PC and was just sent; it reiterates the arguments already submitted and presented.

Thanks

KK


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